---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lawrence County - Subject to local approval, authorizes Lawrence County to establish a part-time clerk of the grand jury, to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the foreman of the grand jury. -"
description: "Lawrence County - Subject to local approval, authorizes Lawrence County to establish a part-time clerk of the grand jury, to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the foreman of the grand jury. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1445"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1445 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lawrence County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doss", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c5ce42e-f9f1-4de4-974c-0f06b6d0dd30"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1445&GA=110"
source_hash: "854e73c9de7b38c089510de40f2611daea99a4a7facc7c3bd8126f3f06d8cc31"
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 1445 (110) — Lawrence County - Subject to local approval, authorizes Lawrence County to establish a part-time clerk of the grand jury, to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the foreman of the grand jury. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1445.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/27/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doss — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 13
- **2017-05-19** Pr. Ch. 13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c5ce42e-f9f1-4de4-974c-0f06b6d0dd30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).