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+type: "Bill"
+title: "County Officers - As enacted, requires a court to place a constable on administrative leave pending a preliminary hearing, instead of until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution, if the constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony; requires a court to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution if the court finds probable cause that the constable committed the crime. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10."
+description: "County Officers - As enacted, requires a court to place a constable on administrative leave pending a preliminary hearing, instead of until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution, if the constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony; requires a court to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution if the court finds probable cause that the constable committed the crime. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "HB 2209"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2209 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Capley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef8ce463-e5ac-4d54-852f-22dba31cef6f"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2209&GA=113"
+source_hash: "e02dca2390aa2eeec9427fa18c1ac86438032cf86258ccc9a3530fcb805ad78d"
+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 HB 2209 (113) — County Officers - As enacted, requires a court to place a constable on administrative leave pending a preliminary hearing, instead of until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution, if the constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony; requires a court to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution if the court finds probable cause that the constable committed the crime. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2209.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/28/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Capley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2024-01-31** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/28/2024
+- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/5/2024
+- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
+- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
+- **2024-03-11** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2024-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2024-03-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2024-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
+- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 753
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef8ce463-e5ac-4d54-852f-22dba31cef6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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