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type: "Bill"
title: "McEwen - Subject to local approval, authorizes the mayor to appoint city officers, subject to confirmation by the city aldermen, in lieu of such officers being appointed by the board of mayor and aldermen; specifies the duties and authority of the city manager, once such officer to be appointed by the mayor; clarifies that the mayor shall have supervision and control of all administrative affairs of the city; establishes that the mayor may only suspend officers or other employees of the city if approved by the city aldermen rather then having the sole authority to take such action. - Amends Chapter 669 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
description: "McEwen - Subject to local approval, authorizes the mayor to appoint city officers, subject to confirmation by the city aldermen, in lieu of such officers being appointed by the board of mayor and aldermen; specifies the duties and authority of the city manager, once such officer to be appointed by the mayor; clarifies that the mayor shall have supervision and control of all administrative affairs of the city; establishes that the mayor may only suspend officers or other employees of the city if approved by the city aldermen rather then having the sole authority to take such action. - Amends Chapter 669 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2918"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2918 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["McEwen"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reedy", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eae987c-be79-498b-bdff-3b4cdc3c978d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2918&GA=112"
source_hash: "84e59aed5e9a82573c277ff62c63a33aba73d1a3e18aa41e8851219a636ed499"
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 2918 (112) — McEwen - Subject to local approval, authorizes the mayor to appoint city officers, subject to confirmation by the city aldermen, in lieu of such officers being appointed by the board of mayor and aldermen; specifies the duties and authority of the city manager, once such officer to be appointed by the mayor; clarifies that the mayor shall have supervision and control of all administrative affairs of the city; establishes that the mayor may only suspend officers or other employees of the city if approved by the city aldermen rather then having the sole authority to take such action. - Amends Chapter 669 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://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2918.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **890** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Reedy — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-14** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 56
- **2022-04-25** Pr. Ch. 56
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eae987c-be79-498b-bdff-3b4cdc3c978d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).