republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2937.md

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Bill	Local Government, General - As enacted, generally prohibits, in Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties, a member of a county governing body from simultaneously serving as a member of the governing body of a municipality within the county for whom the member is a commissioner during the member's term of office, and vice versa, if such prohibition is passed by a two-thirds vote of the entire county or municipal governing body; authorizes a member simultaneously serving on April 22, 2024, to serve out the remainder of the member's terms of office. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.	Local Government, General - As enacted, generally prohibits, in Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties, a member of a county governing body from simultaneously serving as a member of the governing body of a municipality within the county for whom the member is a commissioner during the member's term of office, and vice versa, if such prohibition is passed by a two-thirds vote of the entire county or municipal governing body; authorizes a member simultaneously serving on April 22, 2024, to serve out the remainder of the member's terms of office. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2937	Tennessee HB 2937 (113)	bill	General Local Government	enacted	Johnson C	3	31	7	2024-01-31	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d73a413d-345f-46a7-8f3e-756e1de90f0f	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2937&GA=113	ffa8019a8b46dee339c3f9b9f09e09aedce25f7381efb3c2294c0c968df8c931	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2937 (113) — Local Government, General - As enacted, generally prohibits, in Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties, a member of a county governing body from simultaneously serving as a member of the governing body of a municipality within the county for whom the member is a commissioner during the member's term of office, and vice versa, if such prohibition is passed by a two-thirds vote of the entire county or municipal governing body; authorizes a member simultaneously serving on April 22, 2024, to serve out the remainder of the member's terms of office. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0636 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0617 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — 22–9 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2024 Failed — 16–14 (fail) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed — 81–11 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/28/2024 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — 84–8 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson C — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-05 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/28/2024
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/5/2024
• 2024-02-28 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-05 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
• 2024-03-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
• 2024-03-11 Reset on next avail. cal.
• 2024-03-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-14 Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 8, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-14 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0636) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-18 Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
• 2024-03-18 Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 16, Nays 14, PNV 1
• 2024-03-18 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0617)
• 2024-03-18 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-03-18 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
• 2024-04-01 Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 9 passage
• 2024-04-03 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-04 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 763

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d73a413d-345f-46a7-8f3e-756e1de90f0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).