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Bill Lexington - Subject to local approval, clarifies that vacancies on the board of mayor and aldermen and in the office of mayor be filled by majority vote of the remaining board members, with the appointee to serve only until the next regular election, at which time the remaining unexpired term is filled; authorizes mayor to vote in board matters but only to break a tie vote; removes city residency requirement for certain officers and managers by allowing such persons to reside in the county. - Amends Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten. Lexington - Subject to local approval, clarifies that vacancies on the board of mayor and aldermen and in the office of mayor be filled by majority vote of the remaining board members, with the appointee to serve only until the next regular election, at which time the remaining unexpired term is filled; authorizes mayor to vote in board matters but only to break a tie vote; removes city residency requirement for certain officers and managers by allowing such persons to reside in the county. - Amends Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 1553 Tennessee HB 1553 (113)
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Tennessee HB 1553 (113) — Lexington - Subject to local approval, clarifies that vacancies on the board of mayor and aldermen and in the office of mayor be filled by majority vote of the remaining board members, with the appointee to serve only until the next regular election, at which time the remaining unexpired term is filled; authorizes mayor to vote in board matters but only to break a tie vote; removes city residency requirement for certain officers and managers by allowing such persons to reside in the county. - Amends Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — 910 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Martin B — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-06 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-03-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2023-03-13 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-21 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
  • 2023-03-23 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2023
  • 2023-03-27 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/30/2023
  • 2023-03-27 Reset on Consent cal. for 3/30/23
  • 2023-03-30 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2023-03-30 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2023-04-03 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-04-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2023-04-03 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2023-04-04 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2023-04-11 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-12 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-13 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-24 Pr. Ch. 12

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32ebbc6f-2792-4f91-b914-66efed5546ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).