---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109."
description: "Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "Tennessee SB 345 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c139cddc-203f-4bfc-9da6-7042db3c2539"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0345&GA=111"
source_hash: "5986c9e5362c2e935d06b699dfce6b9ac18c418ee9c823a998ee1cb470fb6d02"
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 345 (111) — Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0013.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0016.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0345.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/20/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0016)
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0013) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Pub. Ch. 39
- **2019-04-03** Effective date(s) 03/22/2019
- **2019-04-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 39

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c139cddc-203f-4bfc-9da6-7042db3c2539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).