---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district, creates one additional trial court in the 19th judicial district; eliminates part VII of the circuit court in the 13th judicial district; and eliminates part IX of the criminal court in the 13th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2."
description: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district, creates one additional trial court in the 19th judicial district; eliminates part VII of the circuit court in the 13th judicial district; and eliminates part IX of the criminal court in the 13th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2002"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2002 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e98096-8e11-48e3-9195-ffa8c9a437a4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2002&GA=113"
source_hash: "14667d5dd087eaaa98496049e7c53305ac1c44928a137be0ed523549418a9b58"
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 2002 (113) — Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district, creates one additional trial court in the 19th judicial district; eliminates part VII of the circuit court in the 13th judicial district; and eliminates part IX of the criminal court in the 13th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0892** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0892.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1061** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1061.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA1102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1102.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0943** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0943.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0944** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0944.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2002.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR REREFER TO COMMITTEE AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Failed — **24–72** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (2) — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY PEARSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Failed — **21–76** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/25/2024 Passed (1) — **69–25** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/19/2024 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · 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`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-13** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/3/2024
- **2024-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-03** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-10** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 27, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0892) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1061) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2024
- **2024-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 9 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0944)
- **2024-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0943)
- **2024-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 69, Nays 25 PNV 0 HB2002
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-28** Pub. Ch. 977

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42e98096-8e11-48e3-9195-ffa8c9a437a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).