republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-345.md

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Bill	Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109.	Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 345	Tennessee SB 345 (111)	bill	Public Officials	enacted	Cepicky Hensley	3	32	6	2019-01-30	2019-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/c139cddc-203f-4bfc-9da6-7042db3c2539	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0345&GA=111	5986c9e5362c2e935d06b699dfce6b9ac18c418ee9c823a998ee1cb470fb6d02	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 345 (111) — Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0013 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0016 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed — 90–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/20/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cepicky — primary (person)
• Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-30 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-04 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2019-02-04 P2C, ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-19 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-02-20 Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
• 2019-02-25 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-02-25 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0016)
• 2019-02-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-02-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
• 2019-02-28 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-02-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
• 2019-03-07 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-03-07 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0013) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-03-07 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-03-07 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-03-08 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-03-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-03-13 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-03-15 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-03-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-03 Pub. Ch. 39
• 2019-04-03 Effective date(s) 03/22/2019
• 2019-04-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 39

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c139cddc-203f-4bfc-9da6-7042db3c2539. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).