---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, updates the compensation schedule for assistant district attorneys general, assistant public defenders, district investigators for public defenders, and criminal investigators for district attorneys to reflect the current schedule; updates the base salary for district attorneys general and public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, updates the compensation schedule for assistant district attorneys general, assistant public defenders, district investigators for public defenders, and criminal investigators for district attorneys to reflect the current schedule; updates the base salary for district attorneys general and public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2677"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2677 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Keisling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a2aeff8-a4e9-4a11-b2d3-6b1eec5f9cef"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2677&GA=110"
source_hash: "17819f8b4757b7c471dcb32decd361c3ce12c4645f7c02ea6605a1f9d92b3ccf"
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 2677 (110) — Public Employees - As enacted, updates the compensation schedule for assistant district attorneys general, assistant public defenders, district investigators for public defenders, and criminal investigators for district attorneys to reflect the current schedule; updates the base salary for district attorneys general and public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.

## 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/SB2677.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Keisling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-19** Reset on cal. for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-02** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2018-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1103) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA1102) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1071) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0809) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA1029)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0942)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0940)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 899
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 899
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a2aeff8-a4e9-4a11-b2d3-6b1eec5f9cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).