---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hawkins County - Subject to local approval, sets the compensation for the juvenile court judge to equal the compensation of the Hawkins County general sessions judge; requires the juvenile court judge to serve in that capacity full time; prohibits the juvenile court judge from otherwise practicing law. - Amends Chapter 304 of the Private Acts of 1982; as amended."
description: "Hawkins County - Subject to local approval, sets the compensation for the juvenile court judge to equal the compensation of the Hawkins County general sessions judge; requires the juvenile court judge to serve in that capacity full time; prohibits the juvenile court judge from otherwise practicing law. - Amends Chapter 304 of the Private Acts of 1982; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2913"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2913 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawkins County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks G", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-13"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29a74f9e-232d-4b3d-8122-9e6372d9e1dc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2913&GA=112"
source_hash: "40334ec992ad36ff3d29949021b632ead8711130257bc733f3783020f111e72d"
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 2913 (112) — Hawkins County - Subject to local approval, sets the compensation for the juvenile court judge to equal the compensation of the Hawkins County general sessions judge; requires the juvenile court judge to serve in that capacity full time; prohibits the juvenile court judge from otherwise practicing law. - Amends Chapter 304 of the Private Acts of 1982; as amended.

## 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/HB2913.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hicks G — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-04-14** R/S Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-04-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-04-18** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-18** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-21** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Pr. Ch. 66
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29a74f9e-232d-4b3d-8122-9e6372d9e1dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).