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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.
- Amendment SA0473 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0512 (committee substitute) — source
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (4) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2026 Passed (1) — 21–10 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (5) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/5/2026 Passed (1) — 76–14 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2025 Passed (2) — 61–27 (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).