---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, revises population figures in the code to clarify references that are to Shelby County only (and not to Shelby and Davidson counties) in light of the most recent census figures. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 8; Title 17; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 57; Title 67 and Title 68."
description: "County Government - As enacted, revises population figures in the code to clarify references that are to Shelby County only (and not to Shelby and Davidson counties) in light of the most recent census figures. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 8; Title 17; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 57; Title 67 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2241"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2241 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freeman", "Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b8b29b-8060-41ae-8e55-801af9467037"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2241&GA=112"
source_hash: "63237a3e41f9929751ea5bbb0521598081c77aaf6d50b1c0caa0e46064c9ff7f"
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 2241 (112) — County Government - As enacted, revises population figures in the code to clarify references that are to Shelby County only (and not to Shelby and Davidson counties) in light of the most recent census figures. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 8; Title 17; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 57; Title 67 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0834** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0834.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0702** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0702.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2241.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **79–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Freeman — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0702)
- **2022-03-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/22
- **2022-04-04** Reset on cal. for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0834) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 900
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 900

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12b8b29b-8060-41ae-8e55-801af9467037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).