---
type: "Bill"
title: "Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2697"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2697 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Springfield"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-10"
last_action: "2026-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea2d2b53-d628-4b38-acaf-4dd089795082"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2697&ga=114"
source_hash: "8a49496feeb98edd974d9ede012866b6dbd26a45dbf959d4ec0c837c48790bf1"
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 SB 2697 (114) — Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; 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/SB2697.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-01** Pr. Ch. 35

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea2d2b53-d628-4b38-acaf-4dd089795082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).