---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dickson - Subject to local approval, changes the date of biennial city elections for mayor and councilmen from the last Thursday to the second Thursday in September; clarifies that ordinances and amendments to ordinances are to be made available for inspection by the public rather than read in full; specifies that the mayor must nominate a member from the council as vice mayor, to be approved by the council rather then having the council to elect such person directly; expands role of city recorder to include any other administrative position the mayor determines to be beneficial to the operation of the city. - Amends Chapter 174 of the Private Acts of 1925; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Dickson - Subject to local approval, changes the date of biennial city elections for mayor and councilmen from the last Thursday to the second Thursday in September; clarifies that ordinances and amendments to ordinances are to be made available for inspection by the public rather than read in full; specifies that the mayor must nominate a member from the council as vice mayor, to be approved by the council rather then having the council to elect such person directly; expands role of city recorder to include any other administrative position the mayor determines to be beneficial to the operation of the city. - Amends Chapter 174 of the Private Acts of 1925; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2901"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2901 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dickson"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de23c2ce-fe2d-41d0-808c-73a888f7b16f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2901&GA=112"
source_hash: "80f1c561d603207c6c95440f4a3c4e9cefce13e043913bcaf992f8714e8e2b6a"
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 2901 (112) — Dickson - Subject to local approval, changes the date of biennial city elections for mayor and councilmen from the last Thursday to the second Thursday in September; clarifies that ordinances and amendments to ordinances are to be made available for inspection by the public rather than read in full; specifies that the mayor must nominate a member from the council as vice mayor, to be approved by the council rather then having the council to elect such person directly; expands role of city recorder to include any other administrative position the mayor determines to be beneficial to the operation of the city. - Amends Chapter 174 of the Private Acts of 1925; as amended and rewritten.

## 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/HB2901.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curcio — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Pr. Ch. 55
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 55

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de23c2ce-fe2d-41d0-808c-73a888f7b16f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).