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Bill Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4. Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 SB 294 Tennessee SB 294 (111)
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Tennessee SB 294 (111) — Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

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: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (3) — 930 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (4) — 930 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 920 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (5) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed — 310 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/3/2019 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (2) — 920 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Akbari — primary (person)
  • Farmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-30 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-04 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2019-02-06 Intro. introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-07 P1C.
  • 2019-02-11 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-02-13 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
  • 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
  • 2019-04-02 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
  • 2019-04-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-04 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/8/2019
  • 2019-04-08 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2019-04-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2019-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2019-04-10 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
  • 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
  • 2019-04-22 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2019-04-22 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2019-04-22 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2019-04-24 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2019-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2019-04-29 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2019-04-30 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2019-05-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-05-13 Pub. Ch. 302
  • 2019-05-13 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
  • 2019-05-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 302

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe99f263-7d3b-441f-b8f1-d419f4fc3b72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).