---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, adds one additional criminal court judge in the thirteenth judicial district, one additional circuit court judge in the nineteenth judicial district, and one additional circuit court judge in the twenty-second judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2."
description: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, adds one additional criminal court judge in the thirteenth judicial district, one additional circuit court judge in the nineteenth judicial district, and one additional circuit court judge in the twenty-second judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 905"
citation: "Tennessee HB 905 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges and Chancellors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c7dc0b-1d84-43b9-bdd1-7642bd1d443f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0905&GA=113"
source_hash: "f78705f0f1cb3e08bf12d3ef57baf84e2582e034f898f581996c97f6d74e25f2"
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 905 (113) — Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, adds one additional criminal court judge in the thirteenth judicial district, one additional circuit court judge in the nineteenth judicial district, and one additional circuit court judge in the twenty-second 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 HA0240** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0240.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0457** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0457.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0488.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0497.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0498.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0905.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/18/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/14/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Placed behind the budget 3/29/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **22–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Failed — **26–60** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/22/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Placed behind the budget
- **2023-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0457) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0240) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 5, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0498)
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0497)
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
- **2023-05-19** Pub. Ch. 396

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12c7dc0b-1d84-43b9-bdd1-7642bd1d443f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).