---
type: "Bill"
title: "Haywood County - Subject to local approval, for county attorney, requires state law license; hiring preference to be given to a resident; oath of office; to advise and represent county commission, the county mayor, and other county officials; authorizes county commission to employ legal counsel other than county attorney; replaces \"quarterly county court\" with \"county commission\"; and replaces \"county judge\" with \"county mayor.\" - Amends Chapter 350 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
description: "Haywood County - Subject to local approval, for county attorney, requires state law license; hiring preference to be given to a resident; oath of office; to advise and represent county commission, the county mayor, and other county officials; authorizes county commission to employ legal counsel other than county attorney; replaces \"quarterly county court\" with \"county commission\"; and replaces \"county judge\" with \"county mayor.\" - Amends Chapter 350 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2665"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2665 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Haywood County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-03-31"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca23e5d-af28-4729-8acb-5f97c8dba040"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2665&ga=114"
source_hash: "df1db723ba466876496621e3170f048e4df3518cad55fde3c8c21050660a3926"
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 2665 (114) — Haywood County - Subject to local approval, for county attorney, requires state law license; hiring preference to be given to a resident; oath of office; to advise and represent county commission, the county mayor, and other county officials; authorizes county commission to employ legal counsel other than county attorney; replaces "quarterly county court" with "county commission"; and replaces "county judge" with "county mayor." - Amends Chapter 350 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://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2665.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (2) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 4/13/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/22/2026 4/16/2026 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-04-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-04-06** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-13** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-29** 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. 69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca23e5d-af28-4729-8acb-5f97c8dba040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).