---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bristol - Subject to local approval, moves the election date for council from the third Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday in November; requires the budget and tax rate to be adopted by ordinance rather than resolution; authorizes the council to designate the location of its meetings by resolution; authorizes the recorder to levy a 5 percent penalty on delinquent taxes; changes gender specific terms for council members to gender neutral terms; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended."
description: "Bristol - Subject to local approval, moves the election date for council from the third Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday in November; requires the budget and tax rate to be adopted by ordinance rather than resolution; authorizes the council to designate the location of its meetings by resolution; authorizes the recorder to levy a 5 percent penalty on delinquent taxes; changes gender specific terms for council members to gender neutral terms; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2916"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2916 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3509d5b-a586-4b64-b6e7-2164978693d4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2916&GA=112"
source_hash: "1f8e2483606758a25d52c62f43137529d702761fc4a8948b56e82686c3c3caa9"
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 2916 (112) — Bristol - Subject to local approval, moves the election date for council from the third Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday in November; requires the budget and tax rate to be adopted by ordinance rather than resolution; authorizes the council to designate the location of its meetings by resolution; authorizes the recorder to levy a 5 percent penalty on delinquent taxes; changes gender specific terms for council members to gender neutral terms; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; 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/SB2916.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Pr. Ch. 44
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 44

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3509d5b-a586-4b64-b6e7-2164978693d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).