republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-454.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Courts - As enacted, removes references and duties of the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.	Courts - As enacted, removes references and duties of the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 454	Tennessee SB 454 (111)	bill	Courts	enacted	Bell Garrett	1	37	9	2019-01-31	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4ae8f34c-7e2f-4ba9-b065-b8bca9ab65c0	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0454&GA=111	e64414c85d2ec156d1878be8ad34cbae6358415735baa78d83222bd927050d0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 454 (111) — Courts - As enacted, removes references and duties of the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/17/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/2/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/29/2019 Passed (2) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-31 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-04 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 P2C, ref. to Judiciary-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
• 2019-04-02 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-09 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-11 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-11 R/S Ref. to Government Operations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-16 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-18 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/29/2019
• 2019-04-29 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-29 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-29 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-05-02 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 420
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 420
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 05/21/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ae8f34c-7e2f-4ba9-b065-b8bca9ab65c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).