---
type: "Bill"
title: "Portland - Subject to local approval, imposes term limits on council members and the mayor; requires council members running for mayor to resign upon qualification from the election commission. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
description: "Portland - Subject to local approval, imposes term limits on council members and the mayor; requires council members running for mayor to resign upon qualification from the election commission. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1950"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1950 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Portland"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b7d3a80-d5f8-4055-99fe-7ecb0a3cb1db"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1950&GA=111"
source_hash: "815448a0f8aa8715434d3da0a2210ae7910ef3ba2c1f2ae010dfaff4ff526164"
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 1950 (111) — Portland - Subject to local approval, imposes term limits on council members and the mayor; requires council members running for mayor to resign upon qualification from the election commission. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1950.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020 2/20/2020 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2020 Passed (2) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2020 Passed — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-13** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-06** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 38
- **2020-04-06** Pr. Ch. 38

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b7d3a80-d5f8-4055-99fe-7ecb0a3cb1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).