TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 9, 2023

Tennessee Republican leaders are seeking to cut the size of the Nashville Metro Council in a move seen as retribution for its rejection of a bid to host the 2024 Republican National Convention, the Nashville Post reports. House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, and Senate Finance Committee Chair Bo Watson, R- Hixson, filed legislation today that would cap the size of metropolitan and municipal legislative bodies in Tennessee at 20 members. Though Nashville is not mentioned by name, its council is the only such body in the state larger than the proposed maximum. The bill does not prescribe how the city would reduce the size of the council, currently made up of 35 district representatives and five at-large representatives.