---
type: "Bill"
title: "Portland - Subject to local approval, revises charter provisions relating to contracts procured by the City; authorizes city council to fix the time and place of regular meetings of the council; requires a two-thirds vote of the city council to adopt an ordinance or resolution where specified; clarifies that certain ordinances may require a minimum time between two readings prior to becoming effective. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
description: "Portland - Subject to local approval, revises charter provisions relating to contracts procured by the City; authorizes city council to fix the time and place of regular meetings of the council; requires a two-thirds vote of the city council to adopt an ordinance or resolution where specified; clarifies that certain ordinances may require a minimum time between two readings prior to becoming effective. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2923"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2923 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Portland"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-09"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf9bf99-ac90-4b5e-8a10-6ee876bc2cd7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2923&GA=111"
source_hash: "9b46136e9fa268ced5af49c9f151126b97963cfbb7c4eae3ae1ff6cacc99e5e6"
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 2923 (111) — Portland - Subject to local approval, revises charter provisions relating to contracts procured by the City; authorizes city council to fix the time and place of regular meetings of the council; requires a two-thirds vote of the city council to adopt an ordinance or resolution where specified; clarifies that certain ordinances may require a minimum time between two readings prior to becoming effective. - 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/SB2923.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 6/17/2020 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/15/2020 Passed (1) — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/9/2020 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-03-10** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-03-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-03-16** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2020-03-16** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-06-15** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 1, PNV 18 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 50
- **2020-07-22** Pr. Ch. 50

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abf9bf99-ac90-4b5e-8a10-6ee876bc2cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).