---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
description: "Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2656"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2656 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lafayette"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keisling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008ac460-0ebc-436b-8af0-e441f7dea8d7"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2656&ga=114"
source_hash: "57bfdcea9ebb5a5463949dc237137c2d66f2488fc714589308bda9a099de70fb"
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 2656 (114) — Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; 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/HB2656.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 3/16/2026 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2026 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keisling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 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`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-31** Rec. for pass; 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 Consent Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `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. 64

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/008ac460-0ebc-436b-8af0-e441f7dea8d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).