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type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, requires county legislative bodies to adopt local rules of procedure within 90 days of convening a newly elected county legislative body by majority vote; requires a two-thirds vote to change such rules; specifies Robert's Rules of Order as the default rules of procedure for county legislative bodies. - Amends TCA Title 5."
description: "County Government - As enacted, requires county legislative bodies to adopt local rules of procedure within 90 days of convening a newly elected county legislative body by majority vote; requires a two-thirds vote to change such rules; specifies Robert's Rules of Order as the default rules of procedure for county legislative bodies. - Amends TCA Title 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1488"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1488 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/420a0f07-fec0-4f36-9c86-75f930fdc728"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1488&ga=114"
source_hash: "21ac35b699fe644d36c912d7c8899d7bcd6f48dfce4832f29879940c6c11421c"
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 1488 (114) — County Government - As enacted, requires county legislative bodies to adopt local rules of procedure within 90 days of convening a newly elected county legislative body by majority vote; requires a two-thirds vote to change such rules; specifies Robert's Rules of Order as the default rules of procedure for county legislative bodies. - Amends TCA Title 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1488.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/4/2026 Passed — **70** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/11/2026 Passed (3) — **220** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 2/12/2026 Failed (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/19/2026 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Moon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 1/28/2026
- **2026-01-26** Meeting Canceled
- **2026-01-28** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/4/2026
- **2026-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/12/2026
- **2026-02-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-02-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-19** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/18/2026
- **2026-03-23** Pub. Ch. 599
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/420a0f07-fec0-4f36-9c86-75f930fdc728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).