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House approves ban on holding two elected offices at once, with grandfather clause
Summary
House Bill 618, a one-sentence bill, passed the Tennessee House to bar an individual from holding a local elected office and another elected state office simultaneously; sponsors included a grandfather clause and specified exclusions.
The Tennessee House voted to pass House Bill 618 on third and final consideration, a one-sentence measure that prohibits an individual from holding an elected office of a local government and simultaneously holding another elected office in the state.
Representative Wright, sponsor of HB 618, told the chamber the bill "prohibits an individual from holding…
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