republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-213.md

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Bill	Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8.	Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 213	Tennessee SB 213 (110)	bill	Courts Administrative Office of the	enacted	Moody Overbey	1	38	3	2017-01-30	2017-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/acab8622-a504-4ddb-87ae-b69d414c9717	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0213&GA=110	a9ca854332e6407b0041f9f28159a909a3e419d5e4c64c8d76fb7892be0d177f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 213 (110) — Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/7/2017 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/13/2017 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Moody — primary (person)
• Overbey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/7/2017
• 2017-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-01 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-06 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-02-07 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/13/2017
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-02-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-02-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-02-15 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
• 2017-02-22 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-22 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-28 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-01 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-08 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-15 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-21 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
• 2017-03-23 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2017
• 2017-03-27 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-03-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-03-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-27 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-03-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-03-29 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-03-30 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-04-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-04-19 Pub. Ch. 104
• 2017-04-19 Effective date(s) 04/07/2017
• 2017-04-19 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 104

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acab8622-a504-4ddb-87ae-b69d414c9717. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).