---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Officers - As enacted, requires a candidate for the office of constable to undergo a cognitive and psychological examination by a licensed psychologist to ensure the fitness of the candidate prior to running for office. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10 and Title 38, Chapter 8."
description: "County Officers - As enacted, requires a candidate for the office of constable to undergo a cognitive and psychological examination by a licensed psychologist to ensure the fitness of the candidate prior to running for office. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10 and Title 38, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 724"
citation: "Tennessee HB 724 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e9b7db5-6551-4007-aa49-a9100fcef279"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0724&GA=113"
source_hash: "7af0793f5c17afbe1b809d3afdca7a5b5db1d460879d8a03de085d198c7893d7"
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 724 (113) — County Officers - As enacted, requires a candidate for the office of constable to undergo a cognitive and psychological examination by a licensed psychologist to ensure the fitness of the candidate prior to running for office. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10 and Title 38, Chapter 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0050** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0050.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0108.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0724.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023 3/2/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/22/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-02-13** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0050) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0108)
- **2023-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-03-28** Pub. Ch. 65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e9b7db5-6551-4007-aa49-a9100fcef279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).