---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits the director of accounts and budgets for Overton County from being terminated or discharged without the approval of the county legislative body if such prohibition is approval by a 2/3 vote of the Overton County legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 5."
description: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits the director of accounts and budgets for Overton County from being terminated or discharged without the approval of the county legislative body if such prohibition is approval by a 2/3 vote of the Overton County legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2276"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2276 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1abdba71-8ec2-4ed4-ab00-4580b7b360d0"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2276&ga=114"
source_hash: "10964464c10d6fd55cd15151c3d378e366b97459a7d883f831496d5a8cf202ce"
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 2276 (114) — County Government - As enacted, prohibits the director of accounts and budgets for Overton County from being terminated or discharged without the approval of the county legislative body if such prohibition is approval by a 2/3 vote of the Overton County legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 5.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA1033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1033.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0741** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0741.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2276.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-17** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-24** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0741)
- **2026-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1033) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 860

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1abdba71-8ec2-4ed4-ab00-4580b7b360d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).