---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, authorizes a judicial candidate to personally solicit and accept campaign contributions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 17."
description: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, authorizes a judicial candidate to personally solicit and accept campaign contributions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2010"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2010 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges and Chancellors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e31a2f6-ddc8-48c7-91f1-5b384fcdc23b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2010&GA=112"
source_hash: "9af5792596b5c229f94e62ae4ebe37ce31a464a1a612c81f023a46e3251b4ddb"
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 2010 (112) — Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, authorizes a judicial candidate to personally solicit and accept campaign contributions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 17.

## 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/SB2010.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **76–16** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/2/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022 2/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/22/2022 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/10/2022
- **2022-02-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 16, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 668
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 668

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e31a2f6-ddc8-48c7-91f1-5b384fcdc23b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).