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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1494 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfaa9cd-6ceb-42ac-9ebe-b614f669ad31"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1494&GA=110"
source_hash: "c7816a29814ea6d205b6023c93636b2d404f621d592a32ead295fae374ffb2e7"
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 1494 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1494.pdf)
## Votes
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (1) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2018 PASSED — **236** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2018 PASSED — **762** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/7/2018 — **00** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018 3/29/2018 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/21/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/13/2018 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carr — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0837) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0971)
- **2018-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 868
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 868
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cfaa9cd-6ceb-42ac-9ebe-b614f669ad31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).