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type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson - Subject to local approval, adds age and residency requirements to be eligible to run for mayor and city council; changes the voting requirement for filling vacancies for the city council; requires the city to obtain a fidelity bond for the mayor and treasurer; changes the due date for payment of taxes levied by the city to October 1 through December 31 of each year; requires certain ordinances to be published on the city's website. - Amends Chapter 101 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended."
description: "Jackson - Subject to local approval, adds age and residency requirements to be eligible to run for mayor and city council; changes the voting requirement for filling vacancies for the city council; requires the city to obtain a fidelity bond for the mayor and treasurer; changes the due date for payment of taxes levied by the city to October 1 through December 31 of each year; requires certain ordinances to be published on the city's website. - Amends Chapter 101 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1538"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1538 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jackson"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Shaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc125261-fd40-4b98-af85-cdac5c284d7d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1538&GA=111"
source_hash: "7b469c01e3f02072d15382e8937a6db23efa5e2c06a0eeac38b94c5055d5d9ad"
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 SB 1538 (111) — Jackson - Subject to local approval, adds age and residency requirements to be eligible to run for mayor and city council; changes the voting requirement for filling vacancies for the city council; requires the city to obtain a fidelity bond for the mayor and treasurer; changes the due date for payment of taxes levied by the city to October 1 through December 31 of each year; requires certain ordinances to be published on the city's website. - Amends Chapter 101 of the Private Acts of 1993; 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/111/Bill/SB1538.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (2) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/23/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019 4/23/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Shaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-08** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 19
- **2019-05-15** Pr. Ch. 19
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc125261-fd40-4b98-af85-cdac5c284d7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).