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type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, defines \"direct interest\" and \"indirect interest\" for purposes of conflicts of interests for certain county officers; requires an indirect interest to be disclosed by the county officers; changes the penalty for a violation from a Class D felony offense to forfeiture of certain compensation and removal from office. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14."
description: "County Government - As enacted, defines \"direct interest\" and \"indirect interest\" for purposes of conflicts of interests for certain county officers; requires an indirect interest to be disclosed by the county officers; changes the penalty for a violation from a Class D felony offense to forfeiture of certain compensation and removal from office. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1704"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1704 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers", "Vital"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41903bc4-7c2a-4d9e-802e-36c86a9f9572"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1704&GA=112"
source_hash: "274018e6d745c48658b53236c3ff1f50b1436a65bb168393e8cc29af16eb6816"
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 1704 (112) — County Government - As enacted, defines "direct interest" and "indirect interest" for purposes of conflicts of interests for certain county officers; requires an indirect interest to be disclosed by the county officers; changes the penalty for a violation from a Class D felony offense to forfeiture of certain compensation and removal from office. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1704.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (2) — **70** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/8/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Powers — primary (person)
- Vital — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 700
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 700
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41903bc4-7c2a-4d9e-802e-36c86a9f9572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).