---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roane County - Subject to local approval, repeals act that designated the chief executive officer of the county as the county executive. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007."
description: "Roane County - Subject to local approval, repeals act that designated the chief executive officer of the county as the county executive. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1717"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1717 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roane County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3dd8aa5-4c6d-4589-b256-201b7577e357"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1717&ga=114"
source_hash: "4bd3d31b96a3eda86a28d19abab8725fa122e9d2641cf5dfee018e6095e29f15"
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 1717 (114) — Roane County - Subject to local approval, repeals act that designated the chief executive officer of the county as the county executive. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007.

## 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/HB1717.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (3) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 3/2/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **82–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/19/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fritts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-01** Pr. Ch. 40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3dd8aa5-4c6d-4589-b256-201b7577e357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).