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legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1189.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3."
+description: "Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1189"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1189 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Municipal"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baum", "White"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/754ecd41-a70f-4e12-99cf-0b4a32db9b05"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1189&GA=111"
+source_hash: "a5ef321e4fdc84d8420ef1bbe82642e330a8d08620066db476609b0c23e50a04"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 1189 (111) — Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1189.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baum — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
+- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
+- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
+- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
+- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
+- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
+- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 72
+- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
+- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 72
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/754ecd41-a70f-4e12-99cf-0b4a32db9b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+