republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-780.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, establishes state senate districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-102."
description: "Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, establishes state senate districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "Tennessee SB 780 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislative", "Redistricting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Johnson C"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-02-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5764d80f-1192-418c-82a6-242e122bfa87"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0780&GA=112"
source_hash: "fcce0507de4068ee292fc30cb469e3ac28bdaef55b04cdbdbef5ae1e6497c864"
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 780 (112) — Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, establishes state senate districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0471** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0471.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0476** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0476.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0481.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0464** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0464.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0467** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0467.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0780.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY DIXIE PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/24/2022 Passed — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Lay on the Table Amend# 2 by Yarbro 1/20/2022 Passed — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/12/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 1/24/2022 1/20/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/24/2022 Passed — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 1/18/2022 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 1/20/2022 Passed — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/18/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Johnson C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/12/2022
- **2022-01-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/18/2022
- **2022-01-12** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 1/18/2022
- **2022-01-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/20/2022
- **2022-01-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-01-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 1/20/2022
- **2022-01-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-01-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-01-20** Amendment tabled (Amendment 2 - SA0467) `amendment-deferral`
- **2022-01-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0464)
- **2022-01-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 1/24/2022
- **2022-01-24** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 26, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-01-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0471) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-24** Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0481) `amendment-deferral`
- **2022-01-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0476) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-01-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-01-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-01-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-01-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-01-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-02-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-08** Effective date(s) 02/06/2022
- **2022-02-08** Pub. Ch. 596
- **2022-02-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 596

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5764d80f-1192-418c-82a6-242e122bfa87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).