---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, empowers the attorney general to fix the attorney general's and their assistant's compensation; limits the attorney general's salary to an associate justice on the supreme court or a Class 1 official; permits the attorney general to pay salaries in periodic installments. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6."
description: "Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, empowers the attorney general to fix the attorney general's and their assistant's compensation; limits the attorney general's salary to an associate justice on the supreme court or a Class 1 official; permits the attorney general to pay salaries in periodic installments. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2000"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2000 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General and Reporter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e92d6cc-6e39-44c7-b94e-f75e1ecaee5b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2000&GA=113"
source_hash: "cc8b510f787484058d9ba983882e4953da9483f891ca658cb4a3ffec3a81afd1"
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 2000 (113) — Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, empowers the attorney general to fix the attorney general's and their assistant's compensation; limits the attorney general's salary to an associate justice on the supreme court or a Class 1 official; permits the attorney general to pay salaries in periodic installments. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

## 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/113/Bill/HB2000.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/14/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2024 Failed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **73–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/6/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 909

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e92d6cc-6e39-44c7-b94e-f75e1ecaee5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).