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type: "Bill"
title: "Lafayette - Subject to local approval, reduces the time that a person must have resided in the city, from two years to one year, to be eligible to serve as mayor or on the council; revises the relatives who may not be hired by the city due to a familial relationship with the mayor or a council member; removes the office of superintendent of streets. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
description: "Lafayette - Subject to local approval, reduces the time that a person must have resided in the city, from two years to one year, to be eligible to serve as mayor or on the council; revises the relatives who may not be hired by the city due to a familial relationship with the mayor or a council member; removes the office of superintendent of streets. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1641"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1641 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lafayette"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keisling", "Pody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e331c9bf-2cbb-45dd-955b-e1b670a6dd9e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1641&GA=112"
source_hash: "11d25811cda89b5b12da6569a9ebf3722c211a40e2953821fc5e6f09f7450147"
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 1641 (112) — Lafayette - Subject to local approval, reduces the time that a person must have resided in the city, from two years to one year, to be eligible to serve as mayor or on the council; revises the relatives who may not be hired by the city due to a familial relationship with the mayor or a council member; removes the office of superintendent of streets. - Amends Chapter 325 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://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1641.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Keisling — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-29** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 24
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 24
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e331c9bf-2cbb-45dd-955b-e1b670a6dd9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).