---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, establishes state house of representatives districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-103."
description: "Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, establishes state house of representatives districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-103."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 779"
citation: "Tennessee SB 779 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislative", "Redistricting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Marsh"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 42
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-02-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33936ba3-f67b-4652-9247-3e8ffe9f0b62"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0779&GA=112"
source_hash: "ed09409c9f14e293725751a786ba1d75937d8f62c3d6ad6598199484d799b848"
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 779 (112) — Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, establishes state house of representatives districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-103.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0473.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0474.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0477** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0477.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0479.pdf)
5. **Amendment HA0480** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0480.pdf)
6. **Amendment HA0482** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0482.pdf)
7. **Amendment HA0483** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0483.pdf)
8. **Amendment HA0484** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0484.pdf)
9. **Amendment SA0466** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0466.pdf)
10. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0779.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/24/2022 Passed — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/24/2022 Passed — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/18/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/12/2022 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 5 BY DIXIE 1/24/2022 Passed — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY MCKENZIE 1/24/2022 Passed — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY DIXIE 1/24/2022 Passed — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 TO AMENDMENT # 1 MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY KEISLING 1/24/2022 Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 1/26/2022 Passed — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 1/24/2022 1/20/2022 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 1/18/2022 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/12/2022
- **2022-01-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/18/2022
- **2022-01-12** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 1/18/2022
- **2022-01-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/20/2022
- **2022-01-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-01-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 1/20/2022
- **2022-01-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 1/26/2022
- **2022-01-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 1/24/2022
- **2022-01-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/26/2022
- **2022-01-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 27, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-24** Am. tabled. (Amendment 5 - HA0480) `amendment-deferral`
- **2022-01-24** Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0479) `amendment-deferral`
- **2022-01-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0477) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-24** Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0474) `amendment-deferral`
- **2022-01-24** H. adopted am. as am. (Amendment 1 - HA0473) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 To 1 - HA0482) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 To 1 - HA0484) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 To 1 - HA0483) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-01-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-01-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-01-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2022-01-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0466)
- **2022-01-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-01-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-01-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-02-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 598
- **2022-02-08** Effective date(s) 02/06/2022
- **2022-02-08** Pub. Ch. 598

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33936ba3-f67b-4652-9247-3e8ffe9f0b62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).