---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gleason - Subject to local approval, removes residency requirement for city recorder. - Amends Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended."
description: "Gleason - Subject to local approval, removes residency requirement for city recorder. - Amends Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1602"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1602 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gleason"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e79947-4244-4d0c-836e-db1e9e57c3cb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1602&GA=112"
source_hash: "76a103ca00fed165e90ae94e402df474e0d7d4081354eca8ab92dd7d4ea12e78"
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 HB 1602 (112) — Gleason - Subject to local approval, removes residency requirement for city recorder. - Amends Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1602.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P1C.
- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Pr. Ch. 10
- **2021-04-30** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13e79947-4244-4d0c-836e-db1e9e57c3cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).