---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Attorneys - As enacted, allows the attorney general and reporter to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general peremptorily and categorically refuses to prosecute all instances of a criminal offense without regard to facts or circumstances; requires the supreme court to appoint a district attorney general pro tem if the court finds the district attorney general has refused to attend and prosecute according to law. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17."
description: "District Attorneys - As enacted, allows the attorney general and reporter to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general peremptorily and categorically refuses to prosecute all instances of a criminal offense without regard to facts or circumstances; requires the supreme court to appoint a district attorney general pro tem if the court finds the district attorney general has refused to attend and prosecute according to law. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112S3"
identifier: "HB 9071"
citation: "Tennessee HB 9071 (112S3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["District Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNally", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-10-26"
last_action: "2021-11-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18defd9c-8cae-4f69-a8f4-fcb010839a0e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB9071&GA=112"
source_hash: "4f225f41022a200f2e341ff0bbdb867ee74473bd6c5d5af2f5d0b90518427264"
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 HB 9071 (112S3) — District Attorneys - As enacted, allows the attorney general and reporter to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general peremptorily and categorically refuses to prosecute all instances of a criminal offense without regard to facts or circumstances; requires the supreme court to appoint a district attorney general pro tem if the court finds the district attorney general has refused to attend and prosecute according to law. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA9007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA9007.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA9005** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA9005.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB9071.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 10/29/2021 Passed (1) — **64–17** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION III: 10/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION III: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session III 10/28/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION III: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III 10/28/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 10/28/2021 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 10/29/2021 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McNally — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-10-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-10-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar
- **2021-10-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
- **2021-10-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session III `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
- **2021-10-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
- **2021-10-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-28** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
- **2021-10-28** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee of Extraordinary Session III `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2021-10-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 10/28/2021
- **2021-10-28** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-10-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-10-29** Passed H., Ayes 64, Nays 17, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2021-10-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA9007) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-10-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-10-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-10-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA9005)
- **2021-10-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 10/29/2021
- **2021-11-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-11-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-11-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-11-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-11-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 5
- **2021-11-18** Pub. Ch. 5
- **2021-11-18** Effective date(s) 11/12/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18defd9c-8cae-4f69-a8f4-fcb010839a0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).