---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ripley - Subject to local approval, moves date of election for mayor and aldermen of the City of Ripley from April to the first Thursday in August at the regular general election; makes various other changes to the charter for the City of Ripley. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 2006."
description: "Ripley - Subject to local approval, moves date of election for mayor and aldermen of the City of Ripley from April to the first Thursday in August at the regular general election; makes various other changes to the charter for the City of Ripley. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 2006."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1521"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1521 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ripley"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurt", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59241163-18e2-4538-ad7e-0300f97be36e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1521&GA=111"
source_hash: "f11daf1c90ed0f90357b90c20ad84c2fb77b83fadcfd3d29740a07d7ebccbcc9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 1521 (111) — Ripley - Subject to local approval, moves date of election for mayor and aldermen of the City of Ripley from April to the first Thursday in August at the regular general election; makes various other changes to the charter for the City of Ripley. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 2006.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0291.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0250.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1521.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurt — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-12** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-03-18** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0291) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0250)
- **2019-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 23
- **2019-05-29** Pr. Ch. 23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59241163-18e2-4538-ad7e-0300f97be36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).