# Tennessee SB 2276: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies.

Tennessee SB 2276, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-04 (Effective date(s) 04/27/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2276
- 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: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Last action: 2026-05-04, Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: County Government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (132 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Job protections for certain county directors: benefit, low. The law requires county legislative approval to fire the covered director in Tennessee counties with 38,600–38,700 people. That population must come from the 1970 federal census or any later federal census. It also requires approval to fire the director of accounts and budgets in counties with 22,5…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2026-05-04: Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- 2026-05-04: Pub. Ch. 860
- 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 (House)
- 2026-04-13: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1033) (House)
- 2026-04-13: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-04-06: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0741) (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Sponsor change. (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0860.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB2160.pdf)
- HA1033: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1033.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2276.pdf)
- SA0741: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0741.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0860.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB2160.pdf)
- [HA1033 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1033.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2276.pdf)
- [SA0741 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0741.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2276-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).