---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crossville - Subject to local approval, realigns salaries of mayor and city council to be set at a percentage of salary earned by the county mayor; establishes new meeting schedule for mayor and city council; creates process for holding administrative hearings by the city; increases maximum occupancy tax that may be imposed, from 2 percent to 3 percent. - Amends Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Crossville - Subject to local approval, realigns salaries of mayor and city council to be set at a percentage of salary earned by the county mayor; establishes new meeting schedule for mayor and city council; creates process for holding administrative hearings by the city; increases maximum occupancy tax that may be imposed, from 2 percent to 3 percent. - Amends Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1437"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1437 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crossville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f2a30a5-fbaa-412f-814e-84b4bdfb07d7"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1437&ga=114"
source_hash: "cda552b63d23edf278b99674c5595f56b99ba7cc5e996006e2200318ae3e7f51"
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 1437 (114) — Crossville - Subject to local approval, realigns salaries of mayor and city council to be set at a percentage of salary earned by the county mayor; establishes new meeting schedule for mayor and city council; creates process for holding administrative hearings by the city; increases maximum occupancy tax that may be imposed, from 2 percent to 3 percent. - Amends Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1437.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 4/16/2025 Passed — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2025 Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-03-31** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Action def. in Private Acts Committee to 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-16** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** 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. 28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f2a30a5-fbaa-412f-814e-84b4bdfb07d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).