---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman of a municipality incorporated under a mayor-aldermanic charter and having a population of 60,000 or more to adopt an ordinance to establish term limits, to become operative only if approved in a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 3."
description: "Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman of a municipality incorporated under a mayor-aldermanic charter and having a population of 60,000 or more to adopt an ordinance to establish term limits, to become operative only if approved in a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2324"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2324 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a666d74b-01f6-4759-8ebe-948a433d5ece"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2324&GA=112"
source_hash: "7467194dcabfcc5069e774b75239045646b1b4554c35887564dbd7e22cfe80d5"
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 2324 (112) — Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman of a municipality incorporated under a mayor-aldermanic charter and having a population of 60,000 or more to adopt an ordinance to establish term limits, to become operative only if approved in a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 3.

## 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/SB2324.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 741
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 741

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a666d74b-01f6-4759-8ebe-948a433d5ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).