---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, establishes an advisory task force to recommend a proposed statewide judicial redistricting plan. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18."
description: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, establishes an advisory task force to recommend a proposed statewide judicial redistricting plan. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2011"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2011 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee1ad87-5bdd-4088-8ca7-50a704efff10"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2011&GA=112"
source_hash: "14552af12c024334cd23c8068839d8aa30cb0da2ffee15813a577a7730a4c3d7"
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 2011 (112) — Judicial Districts - As enacted, establishes an advisory task force to recommend a proposed statewide judicial redistricting plan. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment SA0908** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0908.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0945** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0945.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2011.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee 3/23/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/8/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/6/2022 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2022-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0908)
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0945)
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/27/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1098
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1098

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee1ad87-5bdd-4088-8ca7-50a704efff10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).