TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 9, 2023

Sen. Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville, is challenging the legality of a bill that would cut the Metro Nashville Council in half, the Tennessee Lookout reports. Yarbro, an attorney, argues that Davidson County is a “metropolitan county government” which, per the Constitution, “has to be treated as having the authority of a county government because it does.” House Bill 48 sponsor House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, argues lawmakers can adjust city councils because they are set up statutorily whereas county governments are established constitutionally. The measure moved through the House Local Government Committee on Tuesday.