---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, provides that in interpreting a state statute or rule, a court presiding over the appeal of a judgment in a contested case must not defer to a state agency's interpretation of the statute or rule and must interpret the statute or rule de novo; after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court must resolve any remaining ambiguity against increased agency authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 20."
description: "Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, provides that in interpreting a state statute or rule, a court presiding over the appeal of a judgment in a contested case must not defer to a state agency's interpretation of the statute or rule and must interpret the statute or rule de novo; after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court must resolve any remaining ambiguity against increased agency authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 20."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2285"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2285 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure (UAPA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Ragan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b55af97-fcfc-47cf-b374-c2005cf6a5a9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2285&GA=112"
source_hash: "d728782f4e3e9c1105fe16f4f7280e6991e9fca2428b2a271994ce8f22db1d93"
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 2285 (112) — Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, provides that in interpreting a state statute or rule, a court presiding over the appeal of a judgment in a contested case must not defer to a state agency's interpretation of the statute or rule and must interpret the statute or rule de novo; after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court must resolve any remaining ambiguity against increased agency authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 20.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0690** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0690.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0650** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0650.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0805** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0805.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2285.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **66–23** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/16/2022 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/22
- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-24** Reset on cal. for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0690) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0805)
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0650)
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-31** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 883
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 883

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b55af97-fcfc-47cf-b374-c2005cf6a5a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).