---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6."
description: "Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Tennessee SB 19 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General and Reporter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-18"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3aa7911-14fc-452c-9491-d6199ef66781"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0019&ga=114"
source_hash: "108ddd3014c55a7c54cb308835700a0c55f1b7e145f2d048387bc60ad8b3fe09"
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 19 (114) — Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0019.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3aa7911-14fc-452c-9491-d6199ef66781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).