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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 306: County Government - 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.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 306 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: County Government - 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. Primary sponsor: John Gillespie (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): Failed in State & Local Government Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John GillespiePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed in State & Local Government Committee
  2. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
  3. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
  4. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
  5. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
  6. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/19/2025
  7. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
  8. Sponsor(s) Added.
  9. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  10. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/12/2025
  11. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025
  12. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source