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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
+description: "Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 294"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 294 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Defenders"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Farmer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe99f263-7d3b-441f-b8f1-d419f4fc3b72"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0294&GA=111"
+source_hash: "80e6449521abfd49cc9242efdcc3722b77dd71839aaf98f90e9db4c244a1ed2c"
+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 294 (111) — Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
+
+## 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/SB0294.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (3) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (4) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/3/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Akbari — primary (person)
+- Farmer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** P1C.
+- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
+- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
+- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/8/2019
+- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
+- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
+- **2019-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-13** Pub. Ch. 302
+- **2019-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
+- **2019-05-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 302
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe99f263-7d3b-441f-b8f1-d419f4fc3b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+