---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sardis - Subject to local approval, removes archaic references to debtor's prisons, city marshal, the original members of the board of mayor and aldermen, and city recorder authority; sets salaries of board members by ordinance rather than by charter; authorizes the board to set meeting dates by ordinance rather than by charter, increases terms of the mayor and aldermen from two to four years; and removes certain residency requirements for legal qualified voters who live within the municipality. - Amends Chapter 833 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended."
description: "Sardis - Subject to local approval, removes archaic references to debtor's prisons, city marshal, the original members of the board of mayor and aldermen, and city recorder authority; sets salaries of board members by ordinance rather than by charter; authorizes the board to set meeting dates by ordinance rather than by charter, increases terms of the mayor and aldermen from two to four years; and removes certain residency requirements for legal qualified voters who live within the municipality. - Amends Chapter 833 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2654"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2654 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sardis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb5e3fd-5576-4d3f-b43f-1a3f8c654f26"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2654&ga=114"
source_hash: "2b25d2bb6d3ac951eca300d14da5ad2bba74093c80ec8f2b7bb2f67cae319935"
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 2654 (114) — Sardis - Subject to local approval, removes archaic references to debtor's prisons, city marshal, the original members of the board of mayor and aldermen, and city recorder authority; sets salaries of board members by ordinance rather than by charter; authorizes the board to set meeting dates by ordinance rather than by charter, increases terms of the mayor and aldermen from two to four years; and removes certain residency requirements for legal qualified voters who live within the municipality. - Amends Chapter 833 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1034** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1034.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2654.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 3/16/2026 Passed (4) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03** 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
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action def. in State & Local Government to 3/31/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1034) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Pr. Ch. 63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb5e3fd-5576-4d3f-b43f-1a3f8c654f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).