republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-861.md

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Bill	Public Defenders - As enacted, allows district investigators to include experience as a criminal defense investigator for prior service credits. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 1.	Public Defenders - As enacted, allows district investigators to include experience as a criminal defense investigator for prior service credits. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 861	Tennessee SB 861 (111)	bill	Public Defenders	enacted	Crowe Holsclaw	1	43	8	2019-02-04	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/b4adb5e4-af9d-41eb-b006-51fc92ac890f	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0861&GA=111	d467a3f3aab7afde4d7abfbbe8884194373cfbed5878a317f3485044d06a981a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 861 (111) — Public Defenders - As enacted, allows district investigators to include experience as a criminal defense investigator for prior service credits. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 1.

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 4/2/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/6/2019 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Crowe — primary (person)
• Holsclaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 Action def. in Judiciary to 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
• 2019-04-02 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-04-03 Placed behind the budget
• 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.
• 2019-04-17 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
• 2019-04-24 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
• 2019-04-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-30 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-01 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-05-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-05-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 386
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4adb5e4-af9d-41eb-b006-51fc92ac890f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).