---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, revises the pay schedule in Tennessee Code Annotated for assistant district attorneys and assistant district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 8, Chapter 7."
description: "Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, revises the pay schedule in Tennessee Code Annotated for assistant district attorneys and assistant district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 8, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2522"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2522 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salaries and Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doggett", "Yager"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efcf82ec-c9e3-4d57-879a-a46bbfd1cf11"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2522&GA=112"
source_hash: "9b24a6ffcc13cef804c2f50f8031db3a47d1a58d969d52f55f5a2ff52300bdc7"
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 2522 (112) — Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, revises the pay schedule in Tennessee Code Annotated for assistant district attorneys and assistant district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 8, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0930** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0930.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0597** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0597.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2522.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (2) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/29/2022 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doggett — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0597)
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1002) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0930) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1002) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1122
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1122

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efcf82ec-c9e3-4d57-879a-a46bbfd1cf11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).