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Bill Judicial Districts - As enacted, requires that judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, chancery courts, circuit courts, criminal courts, and courts exercising the jurisdiction imposed in one or more of the chancery courts, circuit courts or criminal courts be in good standing with the board of responsibility not have been publicly censured by the board of professional responsibility or suspended or disbarred from the practice of law within the 10 years preceding the judge's term of office for engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 37. Judicial Districts - As enacted, requires that judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, chancery courts, circuit courts, criminal courts, and courts exercising the jurisdiction imposed in one or more of the chancery courts, circuit courts or criminal courts be in good standing with the board of responsibility not have been publicly censured by the board of professional responsibility or suspended or disbarred from the practice of law within the 10 years preceding the judge's term of office for engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 2478 Tennessee SB 2478 (112)
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Tennessee SB 2478 (112) — Judicial Districts - As enacted, requires that judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, chancery courts, circuit courts, criminal courts, and courts exercising the jurisdiction imposed in one or more of the chancery courts, circuit courts or criminal courts be in good standing with the board of responsibility not have been publicly censured by the board of professional responsibility or suspended or disbarred from the practice of law within the 10 years preceding the judge's term of office for engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0848 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0871 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment HA0872 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment HA0908 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment HA0948 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Amendment SA0909 (committee substitute) — source
  7. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — 893 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2022 Passed (1) — 253 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 5 BY CURCIO PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed — 920 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 5 4/27/2022 Passed — 264 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/6/2022 Passed (2) — 71 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Curcio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-03 P1C.
  • 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-02-07 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2022-02-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-24 Sponsor change.
  • 2022-02-28 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28 Ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  • 2022-03-08 Sponsor change.
  • 2022-03-09 Sponsor change.
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2022
  • 2022-03-22 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-29 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-31 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
  • 2022-04-06 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
  • 2022-04-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/22
  • 2022-04-07 Reset on cal. for 4/14/2022
  • 2022-04-12 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
  • 2022-04-14 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2022
  • 2022-04-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/22
  • 2022-04-14 Reset on cal. for 4/21/2022
  • 2022-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2022
  • 2022-04-20 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-04-20 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 3, PNV 3 passage
  • 2022-04-20 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0909)
  • 2022-04-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2022-04-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/22
  • 2022-04-21 Reset on cal. for 4/25/2022
  • 2022-04-25 Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 3, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-04-25 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0848) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-04-25 H. adopted am. (Amendment 5 - HA0948) amendment-passage
  • 2022-04-25 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0908) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-04-25 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0872) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-04-25 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0871) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-04-25 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-27 Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 2 (Amendment 5 - HA0948) passage
  • 2022-04-27 Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
  • 2022-05-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-05-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-05-17 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-05-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-06-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-06-03 Effective date(s) 10/01/2022
  • 2022-06-03 Pub. Ch. 1120
  • 2022-06-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1120

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18c1b2df-4249-49c2-9b2a-4709577c5bba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).