republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2746.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sheriffs - As enacted, requires a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable serving an order of protection or ex parte order of protection to make reasonable efforts, prior to or at the time of service, to determine whether the person being served has an outstanding criminal warrant. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 36."
description: "Sheriffs - As enacted, requires a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable serving an order of protection or ex parte order of protection to make reasonable efforts, prior to or at the time of service, to determine whether the person being served has an outstanding criminal warrant. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 36."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2746"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2746 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramsey", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17765db4-f967-469c-a0ca-7c67fa9aad7e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2746&GA=112"
source_hash: "af8d9b6e19e60007143d25c859f0b5bb7d96a79b6a1ca8288b8009c4e3ab22a9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 2746 (112) — Sheriffs - As enacted, requires a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable serving an order of protection or ex parte order of protection to make reasonable efforts, prior to or at the time of service, to determine whether the person being served has an outstanding criminal warrant. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 36.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0698.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0507.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2746.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/22/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramsey — primary (person)
- White — 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, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0507)
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0698) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 893
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 893

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17765db4-f967-469c-a0ca-7c67fa9aad7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).