---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to authorize the judges of the circuit and chancery courts to appoint masters for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2."
description: "Courts - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to authorize the judges of the circuit and chancery courts to appoint masters for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1819"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1819 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ad56a11-49c5-4c51-8063-66f7226ae643"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1819&GA=112"
source_hash: "38821cc14938962d5e937c36f2b9863d2e65031df02ace95358af601647c8cf9"
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 1819 (112) — Courts - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to authorize the judges of the circuit and chancery courts to appoint masters for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Title 17, 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/112/Bill/SB1819.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/16/2022 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 864
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 864

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ad56a11-49c5-4c51-8063-66f7226ae643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).