---
type: "Bill"
title: "Samburg - Subject to local approval, allows non-resident property owners to vote in the municipal elections; authorizes the treasurer to pay warrants issued by the vice mayor and any other officer approved by ordinance; deletes provision authorizing collection of delinquent taxes by distress warrants. - Amends Chapter 193 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended."
description: "Samburg - Subject to local approval, allows non-resident property owners to vote in the municipal elections; authorizes the treasurer to pay warrants issued by the vice mayor and any other officer approved by ordinance; deletes provision authorizing collection of delinquent taxes by distress warrants. - Amends Chapter 193 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1628"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1628 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Samburg"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972b82d2-680b-4463-a4d2-f51aa3632bd9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1628&GA=112"
source_hash: "a01ccd69b0313fff03265c2a10f361371ee7e550b55b83dc41613f40aa83fb77"
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 SB 1628 (112) — Samburg - Subject to local approval, allows non-resident property owners to vote in the municipal elections; authorizes the treasurer to pay warrants issued by the vice mayor and any other officer approved by ordinance; deletes provision authorizing collection of delinquent taxes by distress warrants. - Amends Chapter 193 of the Private Acts of 1947; 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/SB1628.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **76–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2021-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/21
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 14, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-01** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 11
- **2021-04-30** Pr. Ch. 11

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/972b82d2-680b-4463-a4d2-f51aa3632bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).