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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, allows a municipal legislative body to authorize, by ordinance passed by 2/3 vote, a member of the body who is deployed for 13 months or less while serving as a member to attend and vote in sessions through the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication during the deployment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8."
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description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, allows a municipal legislative body to authorize, by ordinance passed by 2/3 vote, a member of the body who is deployed for 13 months or less while serving as a member to attend and vote in sessions through the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication during the deployment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 1959"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1959 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Pody"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-29"
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last_action: "2018-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b382dd-f997-4d4a-b611-2a046c8464d6"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1959&GA=110"
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source_hash: "2d267d40bcbcab83af216527c511117c5787ff830d2d688cf31cc527886858c5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1959 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, allows a municipal legislative body to authorize, by ordinance passed by 2/3 vote, a member of the body who is deployed for 13 months or less while serving as a member to attend and vote in sessions through the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication during the deployment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1959.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Boyd — primary (person)
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- Pody — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/13/2018
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- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
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- **2018-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
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- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/27/2018
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- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
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- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
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- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/5/2018
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- **2018-03-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/8/2018
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- **2018-03-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0688) `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
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- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-03-08** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0598)
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- **2018-03-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2018-03-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-03-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 604
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- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 604
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- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/23/2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42b382dd-f997-4d4a-b611-2a046c8464d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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