---
type: "Bill"
title: "Niota - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Niota - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2661"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2661 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Niota"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-03-16"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a6a2b16-7e61-448c-a807-1a3da2a2efb4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2661&ga=114"
source_hash: "b993c3f6157c4cc18f3deed7fb6a61b3835207285fff932319953f66b7f0eb0f"
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 2661 (114) — Niota - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; 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/HB2661.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 3/30/2026 Passed (5) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2026 Passed (4) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-03-19** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-03-23** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-08** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to Next Calendar
- **2026-04-13** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-28** 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. 65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a6a2b16-7e61-448c-a807-1a3da2a2efb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).