---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges state and federal courts to refrain from giving judicial deference to state agencies in their interpretation of statutes and administrative rules. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges state and federal courts to refrain from giving judicial deference to state agencies in their interpretation of statutes and administrative rules. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HJR 140"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 140 (111)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874372a8-9ee6-408a-964d-f6f99b419258"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0140&GA=111"
source_hash: "cc895c3e8512dd01e59208c6ff81db789b7bb555626c34f0cccc3f95f67fb4cc"
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 HJR 140 (111) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges state and federal courts to refrain from giving judicial deference to state agencies in their interpretation of statutes and administrative rules. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0332.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0454.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HJR0140.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Judiciary Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 5/1/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED MOTION TO ADOPT 4/22/2019 Passed — **78–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 5/2/2019 Passed — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Intro., ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Adopted as am., Ayes 78, Nays 8, PNV 2
- **2019-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0332) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0454) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Judiciary Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-05-02** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874372a8-9ee6-408a-964d-f6f99b419258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).