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type: "Bill"
title: "Bolivar - Subject to local approval, removes the mayor as a member of the city council; removes limits on salaries for mayor and council; updates city purchasing provisions to comply with state law; changes the property tax penalty percentage to comply with state law. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
description: "Bolivar - Subject to local approval, removes the mayor as a member of the city council; removes limits on salaries for mayor and council; updates city purchasing provisions to comply with state law; changes the property tax penalty percentage to comply with state law. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1516 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bolivar"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Shaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f2fc3e6-eb97-499e-b4f5-8e4e3182c8cd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1516&GA=111"
source_hash: "2d05aa830d6c6aa3ca618eb36a1add6115d95ca304ffb93c5435b2b8c88cf44d"
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 1516 (111) — Bolivar - Subject to local approval, removes the mayor as a member of the city council; removes limits on salaries for mayor and council; updates city purchasing provisions to comply with state law; changes the property tax penalty percentage to comply with state law. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0292.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1516.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **970** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (2) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gresham — primary (person)
- Shaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-19** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-25** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action def. in Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0292) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pr. Ch. 11
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 11
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f2fc3e6-eb97-499e-b4f5-8e4e3182c8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).