# Tennessee HB 1488: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies.

Tennessee HB 1488, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-03-23 (Effective date(s) 03/18/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1488
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-08
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Effective date(s) 03/18/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: County Government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (155 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Standard rules for county meetings: mixed, low. The law covers all counties, including metro or charter counties. It defines local rules of procedure as formal written rules for internal business. When a new county body is seated, the old rules stay in place as temporary rules. Within 90 days of convening, the body must adopt its rules by a majo…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/19/2026 | pass | 94 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-04 | House | HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0599.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1488.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1488.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0599.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1488.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1488.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026)
- [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026)
- [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026)
- [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026)
- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1488-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).