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Bill Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3. Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 HB 591 Tennessee HB 591 (111)
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Tennessee HB 591 (111) — Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/26/2019 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — 70 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Baum — primary (person)
  • White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
  • 2019-02-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
  • 2019-03-06 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
  • 2019-03-12 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
  • 2019-03-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
  • 2019-03-15 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
  • 2019-03-18 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2019-03-18 Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2019-03-18 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2019-03-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2019-03-18 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2019-03-19 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2019-03-20 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2019-03-20 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2019-03-22 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2019-03-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-04-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 72
  • 2019-04-09 Pub. Ch. 72
  • 2019-04-09 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dbeb17a-85f5-4b23-845d-6f7ee34135dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).