County Officers - As enacted, increases the annual continuing education requirement for county commissioners from seven to eight hours; encourages counties to offer a $600 stipend to county commissioners for completion of annual training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5 and Title 7.
This bill increases the mandatory annual continuing education requirement for Tennessee county commissioners from seven to eight hours. It allows the University of Tennessee's county technical assistance service to provide this training and requires the state comptroller to publicly report on each commissioner's training completion. Counties are authorized to offer a $600 stipend to commissioners who successfully finish the required training each year. Additionally, the law makes commissioners ineligible for re-election or appointment if they fail to meet these training standards.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 1, 2024
Last action May 29, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
upper
Apr 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/9/2024
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
upper
Mar 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2024
upper
Mar 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
upper
Mar 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Paul Bailey
RRepublican
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