---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bolivar - Subject to local approval, renames the city administrator as the city recorder; changes the timing of the payment of the mayor's salary to be in the same manner as city employees instead of monthly. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
description: "Bolivar - Subject to local approval, renames the city administrator as the city recorder; changes the timing of the payment of the mayor's salary to be in the same manner as city employees instead of monthly. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1647"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1647 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bolivar"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaw", "Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2bce0b-05aa-4482-86c3-6612284649b0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1647&GA=112"
source_hash: "97456879b4ba97c52640a6a7dd44fccb66d8e9880975894056ae2e2ab87f4fa5"
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 1647 (112) — Bolivar - Subject to local approval, renames the city administrator as the city recorder; changes the timing of the payment of the mayor's salary to be in the same manner as city employees instead of monthly. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; 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/SB1647.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shaw — primary (person)
- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-04-05** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-04-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-05-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 32
- **2021-06-04** Pr. Ch. 32

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e2bce0b-05aa-4482-86c3-6612284649b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).