republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-844.md

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Bill	Judicial Officers - As enacted, establishes the position of domestic abuse magistrate for Knox County to issue orders of protection, hear order of protection violations, set bail and bail conditions, and perform other duties assigned by the circuit court judge of the 4th division who is also the appointing judge. - Amends TCA Section 40-1-111.	Judicial Officers - As enacted, establishes the position of domestic abuse magistrate for Knox County to issue orders of protection, hear order of protection violations, set bail and bail conditions, and perform other duties assigned by the circuit court judge of the 4th division who is also the appointing judge. - Amends TCA Section 40-1-111.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 844	Tennessee SB 844 (110)	bill	Judicial Officers	enacted	Briggs Staples	1	39	4	2017-02-08	2017-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/debe6aca-f3e1-4971-bc69-81320532a46d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0844&GA=110	db7ac611ffc7a3cdcd19d282ffbb8bfc2b758ce69d3b33ac251a2e880601d1d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 844 (110) — Judicial Officers - As enacted, establishes the position of domestic abuse magistrate for Knox County to issue orders of protection, hear order of protection violations, set bail and bail conditions, and perform other duties assigned by the circuit court judge of the 4th division who is also the appointing judge. - Amends TCA Section 40-1-111.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 4/17/2017 Passed — 28–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)
• Staples — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-13 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
• 2017-03-01 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-07 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
• 2017-03-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-03-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-15 Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
• 2017-03-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-03-22 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
• 2017-03-22 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
• 2017-03-29 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-06 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
• 2017-04-13 Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
• 2017-04-13 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-13 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0320) amendment-passage
• 2017-04-13 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-04-13 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-04-17 Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0320) passage
• 2017-04-18 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-04-19 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-19 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-20 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-04-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-03 Pub. Ch. 222
• 2017-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
• 2017-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 222

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/debe6aca-f3e1-4971-bc69-81320532a46d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).