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type: "Bill"
title: "Smithville - Subject to local approval, removes prohibition on persons convicted of malfeasance or misfeasance in office, felonies, or crimes involving moral turpitude from being an employee of the city for ten years after the conviction; reduces, from a 2/3 majority to a simple majority, the required vote by the council for approving and removing mayoral appointments; authorizes the city board to appoint and promote city employees. - Amends Chapter 486 of the Private Acts of 1941; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Smithville - Subject to local approval, removes prohibition on persons convicted of malfeasance or misfeasance in office, felonies, or crimes involving moral turpitude from being an employee of the city for ten years after the conviction; reduces, from a 2/3 majority to a simple majority, the required vote by the council for approving and removing mayoral appointments; authorizes the city board to appoint and promote city employees. - Amends Chapter 486 of the Private Acts of 1941; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1565 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Smithville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hale"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d444c9-0bd8-4c7f-b563-8384bc0cb33c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1565&GA=113"
source_hash: "9c9bd33a0aa5e922dd701ae5478f352abac9d1dafea9f1fb2d62fdce4d11dea1"
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 1565 (113) — Smithville - Subject to local approval, removes prohibition on persons convicted of malfeasance or misfeasance in office, felonies, or crimes involving moral turpitude from being an employee of the city for ten years after the conviction; reduces, from a 2/3 majority to a simple majority, the required vote by the council for approving and removing mayoral appointments; authorizes the city board to appoint and promote city employees. - Amends Chapter 486 of the Private Acts of 1941; 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1565.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023 4/6/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **7612** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hale — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2023
- **2023-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 12, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Pr. Ch. 22
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65d444c9-0bd8-4c7f-b563-8384bc0cb33c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).