---
type: "Bill"
title: "Morgan County - Subject to local approval, establishes that the County Attorney must be a licensed practicing attorney appointed or hired subject to the vote of the Morgan County Commission to serve a four-year term and does not need to be a resident of Morgan County to serve as County Attorney. - Amends Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
description: "Morgan County - Subject to local approval, establishes that the County Attorney must be a licensed practicing attorney appointed or hired subject to the vote of the Morgan County Commission to serve a four-year term and does not need to be a resident of Morgan County to serve as County Attorney. - Amends Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1463"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1463 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Morgan County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f40e66f-e7aa-468c-b0c9-ffece2307d7f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1463&ga=114"
source_hash: "c848aef33647b6264a0ec340cf8aac213a4671e21e7cc84ec449be29bb635568"
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 1463 (114) — Morgan County - Subject to local approval, establishes that the County Attorney must be a licensed practicing attorney appointed or hired subject to the vote of the Morgan County Commission to serve a four-year term and does not need to be a resident of Morgan County to serve as County Attorney. - Amends Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; 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/SB1463.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-21** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Pr. Ch. 10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f40e66f-e7aa-468c-b0c9-ffece2307d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).