---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kingsport - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes may be issued; removes a requirement that a tentative appropriation ordinance must be published in a newspaper; changes from the 1st of July to the 1st of September when elected board of education members assume office and when such members must choose a president. - Amends Chapter 76 of the Private Acts of 1917; as amended."
description: "Kingsport - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes may be issued; removes a requirement that a tentative appropriation ordinance must be published in a newspaper; changes from the 1st of July to the 1st of September when elected board of education members assume office and when such members must choose a president. - Amends Chapter 76 of the Private Acts of 1917; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2648"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2648 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kingsport"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-03-02"
last_action: "2026-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdf26330-95ac-46bb-ab12-b853f75f8df2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2648&ga=114"
source_hash: "16c1034a2dbb1e10e1c6b29ac10d5fcbe96f47063bdd67b9baa7e8596062d750"
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 2648 (114) — Kingsport - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes may be issued; removes a requirement that a tentative appropriation ordinance must be published in a newspaper; changes from the 1st of July to the 1st of September when elected board of education members assume office and when such members must choose a president. - Amends Chapter 76 of the Private Acts of 1917; 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://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2648.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 3/16/2026 Passed (4) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **82–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/26/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-03-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-03-09** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 1, PNV 10 `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **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`
- **2026-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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. 49

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdf26330-95ac-46bb-ab12-b853f75f8df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).