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type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Government - As enacted, reduces from 24 hours to 16 hours the required amount of continuing professional education for certified municipal finance officers (CMFO); authorizes a municipality to contract with a certified public accountant to act as a CMFO; removes outdated compliance timelines. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4."
description: "Municipal Government - As enacted, reduces from 24 hours to 16 hours the required amount of continuing professional education for certified municipal finance officers (CMFO); authorizes a municipality to contract with a certified public accountant to act as a CMFO; removes outdated compliance timelines. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 538"
citation: "Tennessee SB 538 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moon", "Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e862ed2-0739-43c2-a4fe-156f9720315a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0538&GA=112"
source_hash: "3ef212781d3cc70bff448b76a5c19043ec21271666b882232fa44557a44341fe"
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 538 (112) — Municipal Government - As enacted, reduces from 24 hours to 16 hours the required amount of continuing professional education for certified municipal finance officers (CMFO); authorizes a municipality to contract with a certified public accountant to act as a CMFO; removes outdated compliance timelines. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0459** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0459.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0458** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0458.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0538.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Moon — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0459) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0458)
- **2021-05-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 533
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 533
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e862ed2-0739-43c2-a4fe-156f9720315a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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