# Tennessee HB 1717: AN ACT to repeal Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007, relative to the chief executive officer of Roane County.

Tennessee HB 1717, AN ACT to repeal Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007, relative to the chief executive officer of Roane County., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-01 (Pr. Ch. 40) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1717
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to repeal Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007, relative to the chief executive officer of Roane County.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-16
- Last action: 2026-05-01, Pr. Ch. 40
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Roane County
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (138 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Roane County restores County Mayor title: mixed, low. This law repeals Roane County’s 2007 private act about its chief executive. With repeal, the county uses the County Mayor title under state general law. The change takes effect only if the county legislative body approves it by a two-thirds vote, the presiding officer proclaims the result, and that…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 | pass | 82 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | House | HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/priv/pr0040.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1717.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/priv/pr0040.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1717.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1720-2025-2026)
- [HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1710-2025-2026)
- [HB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1667-2025-2026)
- [HB 1690: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1690-2025-2026)
- [HB 1681: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1681-2025-2026)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1717-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).