---
type: "Bill"
title: "White Bluff - Subject to local approval, staggers the terms of the mayor and council members and aligns their elections to coincide with the general elections in November; increases the salaries of the mayor and council members; changes the residency requirements for the city judge. - Amends Chapter 257 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended."
description: "White Bluff - Subject to local approval, staggers the terms of the mayor and council members and aligns their elections to coincide with the general elections in November; increases the salaries of the mayor and council members; changes the residency requirements for the city judge. - Amends Chapter 257 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1637"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1637 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["White Bluff"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7330ed52-6156-4d5f-b29f-2c3cc60c9f32"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1637&GA=112"
source_hash: "5e31b3c54acad4b47dcdafda4c9b3925a1d132cae459cff517f2fbd502b767e7"
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 1637 (112) — White Bluff - Subject to local approval, staggers the terms of the mayor and council members and aligns their elections to coincide with the general elections in November; increases the salaries of the mayor and council members; changes the residency requirements for the city judge. - Amends Chapter 257 of the Private Acts of 1923; 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://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1637.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-22** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 19
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7330ed52-6156-4d5f-b29f-2c3cc60c9f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).