2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0306: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to constitutional officer budgets.

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

1/22/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/12/2025
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/19/2025
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Failed in State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives

Amendments

HA0091

Amendment 1-0 to HB0306

3/13/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee
4/2/2025
8
Yea
10
Nay
3
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: FAILED
HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/19/2025 3/12/2025
3/19/2025
20
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
2/26/2025
5
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(4/2/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Documents

Draft
Bill Text1/23/20258.4 KB
Draft
Bill Text1/22/20258.4 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/24/2025115.8 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/7/2025115.6 KB