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type: "Bill"
title: "Gallatin - Subject to local approval, requires the city council to appoint a city judge, who replaces the city recorder as the officer presiding over the city court; removes requirement that city recorder be elected and instead be appointed by city council; authorizes city officials to hold appointive office while serving as city official; updates the titles of certain department heads. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
description: "Gallatin - Subject to local approval, requires the city council to appoint a city judge, who replaces the city recorder as the officer presiding over the city court; removes requirement that city recorder be elected and instead be appointed by city council; authorizes city officials to hold appointive office while serving as city official; updates the titles of certain department heads. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1548"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1548 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gallatin"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b3fa5c-11cc-4a1f-8c9e-a1c3da032498"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1548&GA=113"
source_hash: "3f8581d6009a2e99ac1e646aba6f1cb9c507784c9e9037e31c5b82172a23e62f"
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 HB 1548 (113) — Gallatin - Subject to local approval, requires the city council to appoint a city judge, who replaces the city recorder as the officer presiding over the city court; removes requirement that city recorder be elected and instead be appointed by city council; authorizes city officials to hold appointive office while serving as city official; updates the titles of certain department heads. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; 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/113/Bill/HB1548.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Pr. Ch. 8
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b3fa5c-11cc-4a1f-8c9e-a1c3da032498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).