republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2723.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ashland City - Subject to local approval, authorizes property owners that do not live in the city to vote in city elections; removes disability for six months as a reason for the vacancy of the office of mayor or councilman; permanently prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from holding office; creates process for electing a council member if the council is unable to appoint one in the event of a vacancy; authorizes the city to donate or contribute funds in accordance with state law; renames the city clerk and recorder the city recorder; changes provisions related to purchasing and the sale of city property; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended."
description: "Ashland City - Subject to local approval, authorizes property owners that do not live in the city to vote in city elections; removes disability for six months as a reason for the vacancy of the office of mayor or councilman; permanently prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from holding office; creates process for electing a council member if the council is unable to appoint one in the event of a vacancy; authorizes the city to donate or contribute funds in accordance with state law; renames the city clerk and recorder the city recorder; changes provisions related to purchasing and the sale of city property; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2723"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2723 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ashland City"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-04-04"
last_action: "2018-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96dd23ea-04fd-4e2d-9fc2-7fbd6814d8d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2723&GA=110"
source_hash: "aa60595bb0ac59571fd3a65047040a3d51155125b69ced27e8a459617b05a17b"
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 2723 (110) — Ashland City - Subject to local approval, authorizes property owners that do not live in the city to vote in city elections; removes disability for six months as a reason for the vacancy of the office of mayor or councilman; permanently prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from holding office; creates process for electing a council member if the council is unable to appoint one in the event of a vacancy; authorizes the city to donate or contribute funds in accordance with state law; renames the city clerk and recorder the city recorder; changes provisions related to purchasing and the sale of city property; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.

## 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/HB2723.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **92–1** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018 4/17/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2018 PASSED (2) — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-04** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-21** Pr. Ch. 58
- **2018-05-21** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96dd23ea-04fd-4e2d-9fc2-7fbd6814d8d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).