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type: "Bill"
title: "Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of schools; authorizes the hiring of attorneys for specific legal needs; requires the town judge to be a licensed attorney; shifts the responsibility of submitting an annual budget to the board of mayor and alderman from the mayor to the town manager; changes the bond requirements for contracts. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended."
description: "Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of schools; authorizes the hiring of attorneys for specific legal needs; requires the town judge to be a licensed attorney; shifts the responsibility of submitting an annual budget to the board of mayor and alderman from the mayor to the town manager; changes the bond requirements for contracts. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2898"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2898 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oakland"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b94be49-067b-44d7-a02d-bbcf8849ebae"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2898&GA=112"
source_hash: "2a0c851bd2dc2ffb1e1b7745777dc7381df6e3fc74e2202593abc508c6e13432"
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 2898 (112) — Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of schools; authorizes the hiring of attorneys for specific legal needs; requires the town judge to be a licensed attorney; shifts the responsibility of submitting an annual budget to the board of mayor and alderman from the mayor to the town manager; changes the bond requirements for contracts. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.
## 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/HB2898.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gant — primary (person)
- Walley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-14** Pr. Ch. 52
- **2022-04-14** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 52
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b94be49-067b-44d7-a02d-bbcf8849ebae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).