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Bill Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a court from accepting any plea agreement that allows an elected public official who is charged with an infamous crime involving an offense committed in the persons official capacity or involving the duties of the persons office from qualifying for, seeking, or holding public office at some point in the future. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 18; Title 39 and Title 40. Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a court from accepting any plea agreement that allows an elected public official who is charged with an infamous crime involving an offense committed in the persons official capacity or involving the duties of the persons office from qualifying for, seeking, or holding public office at some point in the future. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 18; Title 39 and Title 40. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 HB 891 Tennessee HB 891 (111)
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Tennessee HB 891 (111) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a court from accepting any plea agreement that allows an elected public official who is charged with an infamous crime involving an offense committed in the persons official capacity or involving the duties of the persons office from qualifying for, seeking, or holding public office at some point in the future. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 18; Title 39 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0264 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed (3) — 80 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (4) — 52 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — 845 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2019 Passed (2) — 263 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 263 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/27/2019 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
  • 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
  • 2019-03-13 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/20/2019
  • 2019-03-13 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
  • 2019-03-19 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2019
  • 2019-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
  • 2019-03-20 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
  • 2019-03-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
  • 2019-03-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
  • 2019-03-27 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
  • 2019-04-02 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2019-04-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
  • 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
  • 2019-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
  • 2019-04-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2019-04-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 2 passage
  • 2019-04-15 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2019-04-15 Reset on next avail. cal.
  • 2019-04-15 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2019-04-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/19
  • 2019-04-18 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2019
  • 2019-04-18 Passed H. as amended, Ayes 84, Nays 5, PNV 4 passage
  • 2019-04-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0264) amendment-passage
  • 2019-04-22 Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0264) passage
  • 2019-04-23 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2019-04-23 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2019-04-24 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2019-04-29 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2019-04-29 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2019-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-05-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 281
  • 2019-05-09 Pub. Ch. 281
  • 2019-05-09 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbfd412c-7dce-47a6-a722-84af618467cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).