---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14."
description: "Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2730"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2730 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Defenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33c3f41d-5bc2-4ffe-8859-170b31d7575d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2730&GA=113"
source_hash: "dea1d57def18c623230b0d46f4ac550e7c6fe0aec89651fa13cfb4abf6bb8ab7"
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 2730 (113) — Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1090** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1090.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1007.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2730.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2024 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2024 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-04-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-01** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-08** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1007)
- **2024-04-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1090) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Effective date(s) 05/28/2024
- **2024-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1059

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33c3f41d-5bc2-4ffe-8859-170b31d7575d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).