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Bill Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, provides that in interpreting a state statute or rule, a court presiding over the appeal of a judgment in a contested case must not defer to a state agency's interpretation of the statute or rule and must interpret the statute or rule de novo; after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court must resolve any remaining ambiguity against increased agency authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 20. Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, provides that in interpreting a state statute or rule, a court presiding over the appeal of a judgment in a contested case must not defer to a state agency's interpretation of the statute or rule and must interpret the statute or rule de novo; after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court must resolve any remaining ambiguity against increased agency authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 20. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 2285 Tennessee SB 2285 (112)
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Tennessee SB 2285 (112) — Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, provides that in interpreting a state statute or rule, a court presiding over the appeal of a judgment in a contested case must not defer to a state agency's interpretation of the statute or rule and must interpret the statute or rule de novo; after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court must resolve any remaining ambiguity against increased agency authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 20.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0690 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0650 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0805 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — 6623 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed — 72 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — 276 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/16/2022 Passed — 71 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Ragan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-13 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-19 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-01-20 P2C, ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-24 Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
  • 2022-02-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-03-01 Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
  • 2022-03-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
  • 2022-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-24 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
  • 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/22
  • 2022-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-24 Reset on cal. for 3/31/2022
  • 2022-03-24 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0690) amendment-passage
  • 2022-03-28 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-03-28 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
  • 2022-03-28 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0805)
  • 2022-03-28 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0650)
  • 2022-03-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-31 Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-03-31 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-03-31 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-03-31 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-04-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-04-05 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-26 Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Pub. Ch. 883
  • 2022-04-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 883

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b55af97-fcfc-47cf-b374-c2005cf6a5a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).