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type: "Bill"
title: "Mason - Subject to local approval, revises conditions under which a vacancy is declared on the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Mason; removes authority of non-resident property owners to vote in town elections; provides mayor, rather than board, with authority to organize departments and offices of town government; revises mayor's duties; establishes the procedure for adoption and preservation of ordinances. - Amends Chapter 21 of the Private Acts of 2009."
description: "Mason - Subject to local approval, revises conditions under which a vacancy is declared on the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Mason; removes authority of non-resident property owners to vote in town elections; provides mayor, rather than board, with authority to organize departments and offices of town government; revises mayor's duties; establishes the procedure for adoption and preservation of ordinances. - Amends Chapter 21 of the Private Acts of 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2708"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2708 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mason"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4324f482-0b3b-41a6-aa1a-c8db394e5321"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2708&GA=110"
source_hash: "4582e0b59dc670786cedd4ad035474448f98c4555eb3e75ac3d868cd8366aaf0"
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 2708 (110) — Mason - Subject to local approval, revises conditions under which a vacancy is declared on the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Mason; removes authority of non-resident property owners to vote in town elections; provides mayor, rather than board, with authority to organize departments and offices of town government; revises mayor's duties; establishes the procedure for adoption and preservation of ordinances. - Amends Chapter 21 of the Private Acts of 2009.
## 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/HB2708.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **290** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **940** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Moody — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-14** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-03-16** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-22** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Action def. in Local Government Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pr. Ch. 44
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 44
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4324f482-0b3b-41a6-aa1a-c8db394e5321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).