---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 23rd judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2."
description: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 23rd judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2855"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2855 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21dd7889-872c-450d-99e8-d33ec12120c8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2855&GA=113"
source_hash: "d8c1f8d9a19d1c59d5a3538eee3ca208c8c02ff800e1771df26db435af21cf10"
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 2855 (113) — Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 23rd 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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2855.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2024 Passed (3) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2024 Passed (2) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2024 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-01** 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, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 880

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21dd7889-872c-450d-99e8-d33ec12120c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).