---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carthage - Subject to local approval, rewrites charter. - Amends Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Carthage - Subject to local approval, rewrites charter. - Amends Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1609"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1609 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Carthage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody", "Weaver"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/294e3043-55ed-4821-ab6b-bc06ec59011d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1609&GA=112"
source_hash: "216c056818a2d885a6b6d01af56a606d838e6aa6ba7c49ad34cf11b4772b392d"
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 1609 (112) — Carthage - Subject to local approval, rewrites charter. - Amends Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0308.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1609.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **73–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0308)
- **2021-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-21** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/22/21
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/26/21
- **2021-04-22** Reset on cal. for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 73, Nays 14 PNV 1 HB1609
- **2021-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 28
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/294e3043-55ed-4821-ab6b-bc06ec59011d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).