---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county that has adopted the County Sheriff's Civil Service Act of 1974 to rescind such adoption by a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 4."
description: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county that has adopted the County Sheriff's Civil Service Act of 1974 to rescind such adoption by a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 532"
citation: "Tennessee SB 532 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af159a5b-3aef-4694-9389-59c7cf4d6c22"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0532&ga=114"
source_hash: "c86e2b0cb8894a1c45363998370e498b954f4d587841182e428ae833a964dfb1"
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 532 (114) — County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county that has adopted the County Sheriff's Civil Service Act of 1974 to rescind such adoption by a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 4.

## 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/SB0532.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 250

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af159a5b-3aef-4694-9389-59c7cf4d6c22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).