---
type: "Bill"
title: "New Johnsonville - Subject to local approval, prohibits a person whose immediate relative is an elected official in the city government from being elected as a city official. - Amends Chapter 81 of the Private Acts of 2014."
description: "New Johnsonville - Subject to local approval, prohibits a person whose immediate relative is an elected official in the city government from being elected as a city official. - Amends Chapter 81 of the Private Acts of 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1429 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["New Johnsonville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reedy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/673a75df-4bfc-45d8-ae6f-0ec4bae5b846"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1429&ga=114"
source_hash: "b16509a322384478aec9683723a9e1daebd935930b9ed1802fdfa092096d376a"
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 1429 (114) — New Johnsonville - Subject to local approval, prohibits a person whose immediate relative is an elected official in the city government from being elected as a city official. - Amends Chapter 81 of the Private Acts of 2014.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0355.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1429.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 3/31/2025 Passed (4) — **5–4** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **80–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (3) — **20–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 8, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0355) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-04** Pr. Ch. 21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/673a75df-4bfc-45d8-ae6f-0ec4bae5b846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).