---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, allows a general sessions or juvenile court judge serving by interchange to receive reimbursement for travel expenses from the county to which the judge travels to serve; limits certain travel expenses to no more than $100 per day. - Amends TCA Section 16-15-209."
description: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, allows a general sessions or juvenile court judge serving by interchange to receive reimbursement for travel expenses from the county to which the judge travels to serve; limits certain travel expenses to no more than $100 per day. - Amends TCA Section 16-15-209."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1122 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges and Chancellors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a15687d-9ccf-4783-9af5-aee0f2b33148"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1122&GA=112"
source_hash: "e97d9061471c6d8f86f14fa224b5d111cd54b4885f763c2b0c0fd4ba2fbefb5d"
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 1122 (112) — Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, allows a general sessions or juvenile court judge serving by interchange to receive reimbursement for travel expenses from the county to which the judge travels to serve; limits certain travel expenses to no more than $100 per day. - Amends TCA Section 16-15-209.

## 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/112/Bill/HB1122.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/23/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 266
- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 266

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a15687d-9ccf-4783-9af5-aee0f2b33148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).