---
type: "Bill"
title: "Williamson County - Subject to local approval, grants the judge of the juvenile court the power to appoint, retain, reappoint, and supervise judicial commissioners; authorizes the juvenile judge to appoint and supervise a temporary or part-time judicial commissioner, subject to county legislative body appropriations for personnel. - Amends Chapter 56 of the Private Acts of 2012."
description: "Williamson County - Subject to local approval, grants the judge of the juvenile court the power to appoint, retain, reappoint, and supervise judicial commissioners; authorizes the juvenile judge to appoint and supervise a temporary or part-time judicial commissioner, subject to county legislative body appropriations for personnel. - Amends Chapter 56 of the Private Acts of 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1445"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1445 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Williamson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Sargent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-10"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7ab4810-0360-49f1-888b-9df5b9a19080"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1445&GA=110"
source_hash: "17b66646166042f96cc14d2109202adcb440d3f79338e3f6571332c88f67934c"
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 1445 (110) — Williamson County - Subject to local approval, grants the judge of the juvenile court the power to appoint, retain, reappoint, and supervise judicial commissioners; authorizes the juvenile judge to appoint and supervise a temporary or part-time judicial commissioner, subject to county legislative body appropriations for personnel. - Amends Chapter 56 of the Private Acts of 2012.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1445.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/1/2017 4/27/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-17** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pr. Ch. 18
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7ab4810-0360-49f1-888b-9df5b9a19080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).