---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40."
description: "District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2280"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2280 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["District Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fae0efd-1e66-42c0-99d1-0f159b2ab002"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2280&ga=114"
source_hash: "777c8a787d7b991537389e7d61c49bb685e08d223ee959f3797293f1afdc0041"
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 2280 (114) — District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.

## 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/SB2280.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-31** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-31** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- **2026-04-29** Pub. Ch. 807

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fae0efd-1e66-42c0-99d1-0f159b2ab002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).