---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Government - As enacted, deletes requirements for biennial audits of municipal governments in favor of annual audits supervised by the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 6, Chapter 56 and Section 16-18-310."
description: "Municipal Government - As enacted, deletes requirements for biennial audits of municipal governments in favor of annual audits supervised by the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 6, Chapter 56 and Section 16-18-310."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2553"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2553 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Moon"]
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/efa4d56e-53df-47ce-9545-2c29aa5fd000"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2553&GA=112"
source_hash: "2c017ce97ec6c43c08cda79e9d264f675d99fb410ddf28ae50e2d017b82cf1e4"
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 2553 (112) — Municipal Government - As enacted, deletes requirements for biennial audits of municipal governments in favor of annual audits supervised by the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 6, Chapter 56 and Section 16-18-310.

## 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/SB2553.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/22/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee 2/22/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 716
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 716

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa4d56e-53df-47ce-9545-2c29aa5fd000`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).