TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 3, 2023

A bill that would cut the number of elected representatives on the Nashville Metro Council in half passed a legislative subcommittee on a party-line vote Wednesday, Tennessee Lookout reports. House Bill 48, sponsored by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, and Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, chairman of the Finance, Ways and Means Committee, would shrink the 40-member council to no more than 20, beginning in 2024. The sponsors say the measure is designed to make government functions more efficient as Nashville experiences exponential growth. City officials argue that if changes are needed, Nashville voters should be the ones to make the decision.