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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 2937"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 2937 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-31"
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last_action: "2024-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d73a413d-345f-46a7-8f3e-756e1de90f0f"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2937&GA=113"
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source_hash: "ffa8019a8b46dee339c3f9b9f09e09aedce25f7381efb3c2294c0c968df8c931"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0636.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0617** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0617.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2937.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **22–9** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2024 Failed — **16–14** (fail) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed — **81–11** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/28/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **84–8** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Johnson C — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/28/2024
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- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/5/2024
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- **2024-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
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- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
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- **2024-03-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
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- **2024-03-11** Reset on next avail. cal.
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- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2024-03-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0636) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-18** Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
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- **2024-03-18** Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 16, Nays 14, PNV 1
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- **2024-03-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0617)
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- **2024-03-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2024-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
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- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 9 `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
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- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 763
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d73a413d-345f-46a7-8f3e-756e1de90f0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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