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type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits interpreting or amending county charter in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2."
description: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits interpreting or amending county charter in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 501"
citation: "Tennessee SB 501 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Towns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d964754f-ca6b-4779-a5b5-347beefad6da"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0501&GA=111"
source_hash: "b9dc110957b1510dd1d9cb98aeaa2ea1cf490010a31a652a8067aa16c862d5bc"
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 501 (111) — County Government - As enacted, prohibits interpreting or amending county charter in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0354.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0501.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/19/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — **54** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Akbari — primary (person)
- Towns — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0354) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Senate Reset on calendar 4/29/19
- **2019-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 458
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 458
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/22/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d964754f-ca6b-4779-a5b5-347beefad6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).