---
type: "Bill"
title: "Columbia - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter of the city of Columbia relating to the duties of the local civil service board. - Amends Chapter 9 of the Private Acts of 2013."
description: "Columbia - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter of the city of Columbia relating to the duties of the local civil service board. - Amends Chapter 9 of the Private Acts of 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1610"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1610 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Columbia"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb28be3-5eca-4af5-bdb3-d798adc1e9bc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1610&GA=112"
source_hash: "2de45526a9a763dfe17c7eb7e2560160ec813702c5ec4516d9df894152f3ec98"
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 1610 (112) — Columbia - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter of the city of Columbia relating to the duties of the local civil service board. - Amends Chapter 9 of the Private Acts of 2013.

## 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/HB1610.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: 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 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-18** Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 5
- **2021-04-21** Pr. Ch. 5

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb28be3-5eca-4af5-bdb3-d798adc1e9bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).