---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dekalb County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the road supervisor rather than the county mayor to sign checks drawn on the county trustee for expenses associated with road work within the county. - Amends Chapter 511 of the Private Acts of 1945, as amended."
description: "Dekalb County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the road supervisor rather than the county mayor to sign checks drawn on the county trustee for expenses associated with road work within the county. - Amends Chapter 511 of the Private Acts of 1945, as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1621"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1621 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dekalb County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hale"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287e7e79-f486-4cb5-9b39-c913221f4bd3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1621&GA=113"
source_hash: "123a54b914eedec3005cec7b30eb07ead0f7aa48f57e7cdedd295f0deb55cda9"
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 1621 (113) — Dekalb County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the road supervisor rather than the county mayor to sign checks drawn on the county trustee for expenses associated with road work within the county. - Amends Chapter 511 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://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1621.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/15/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hale — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-30** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 2/6/2024
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/8/2024
- **2024-02-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-12** Objected to on Consent Calendar on 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-15** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Pr. Ch. 36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/287e7e79-f486-4cb5-9b39-c913221f4bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).