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HB0306Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to constitutional officer budgets.

Failed

Introduced by John Gillespie, District 97

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, requires the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee in a county that has adopted a charter form of government to independently develop the budget for such office and submit the budget directly to the county legislative body; authorizes such offices to approve transfers between line items within the total amount of each category of personnel and operational maintenance; prohibits the county legislative body from implementing any kind of personnel restriction or operational maintenance restrictions on these offices. - Amends TCA Title 5.

Where it stands

Failed in State & Local Government Committee

April 2, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee · April 2, 2025

8

Yes

10

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

21 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
John Crawford1No
Jerome Moon8Yes
Rick Eldridge10Yes
Dave Wright19No
Dan Howell22Yes
Greg Martin26No
Tim Rudd34Not Voting
Dennis Powers36Not Voting
Iris Rudder39Yes
Ed Butler41No

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. Sponsor(s) Added.

  4. Sponsor(s) Added.

  5. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  6. Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  7. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025

  8. Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  10. Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

  12. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/26/2025

  13. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  14. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025

  15. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/12/2025

  16. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025

  17. Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  19. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/19/2025

  20. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025

  21. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025

  22. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025

  23. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025

  24. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025

  25. Failed in State & Local Government Committee

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