---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes Unicoi County to employ a general sessions court judge full time at an increased salary upon adoption of resolution by two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 50."
description: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes Unicoi County to employ a general sessions court judge full time at an increased salary upon adoption of resolution by two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2276"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2276 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "General Sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Holsclaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2613ba60-51f2-41a3-a457-aba131cf5278"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2276&GA=110"
source_hash: "49910429b5c84d8d2eccec6166aeaed59a7093d1eda4d52cebbb6a342cba567c"
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 2276 (110) — Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes Unicoi County to employ a general sessions court judge full time at an increased salary upon adoption of resolution by two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 50.

## 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/110/Bill/HB2276.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/13/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/7/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/3/2018 Passed (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Holsclaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 921
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 921
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2613ba60-51f2-41a3-a457-aba131cf5278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).