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Bill Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8. Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 618 Tennessee HB 618 (114)
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Tennessee HB 618 (114) — Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment SA0473 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0512 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (4) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2026 Passed (1) — 2110 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (5) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/5/2026 Passed (1) — 7614 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2025 Passed (2) — 6127 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Wright — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-03 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2025-02-05 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
  • 2025-02-05 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/19/2025
  • 2025-02-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-19 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
  • 2025-02-19 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-20 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025
  • 2025-02-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2025
  • 2025-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-02-24 Objected to on Consent Calendar.
  • 2025-02-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2025-02-27 Passed H., Ayes 61, Nays 27, PNV 4 passage
  • 2025-02-27 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-03 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-02-26 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 10 passage
  • 2026-02-26 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0473)
  • 2026-02-26 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0512)
  • 2026-02-26 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-03-02 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/5/2026
  • 2026-03-05 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-03-05 H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 76, Nays 14 PNV 0 HB0618
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-03-23 Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
  • 2026-03-23 Pub. Ch. 596

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0dc26bc0-b23f-4fd9-bb9e-07dbc9bc7f6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).