republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112s3/sb-9008.md

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Bill	District Attorneys - As enacted, allows the attorney general and reporter to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general peremptorily and categorically refuses to prosecute all instances of a criminal offense without regard to facts or circumstances; requires the supreme court to appoint a district attorney general pro tem if the court finds the district attorney general has refused to attend and prosecute according to law. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.	District Attorneys - As enacted, allows the attorney general and reporter to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general peremptorily and categorically refuses to prosecute all instances of a criminal offense without regard to facts or circumstances; requires the supreme court to appoint a district attorney general pro tem if the court finds the district attorney general has refused to attend and prosecute according to law. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112S3	SB 9008	Tennessee SB 9008 (112S3)	bill	District Attorneys	enacted	McNally Sexton C	3	31	6	2021-10-26	2021-11-18	openstates	ocd-bill/aefee213-fdef-4071-89f8-04eb871a5f1f	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB9008&GA=112	f72f3121025677786d4d97a901f43c8c3d96551094131c8c98ae5ee8b0af277b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 9008 (112S3) — District Attorneys - As enacted, allows the attorney general and reporter to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general peremptorily and categorically refuses to prosecute all instances of a criminal offense without regard to facts or circumstances; requires the supreme court to appoint a district attorney general pro tem if the court finds the district attorney general has refused to attend and prosecute according to law. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA9007 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA9005 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION III: 10/28/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 10/28/2021 Passed — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION III: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III 10/28/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 10/29/2021 Passed — 64–17 (pass) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION III: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session III 10/28/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 10/29/2021 Passed — 25–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McNally — primary (person)
• Sexton C — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-10-26 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-10-27 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-10-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-10-27 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-10-28 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2021-10-28 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 10/28/2021
• 2021-10-28 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-10-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar
• 2021-10-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
• 2021-10-28 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session III committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-10-28 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
• 2021-10-28 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
• 2021-10-28 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session III committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-10-28 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee of Extraordinary Session III for 10/28/2021
• 2021-10-28 P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee of Extraordinary Session III referral-committee
• 2021-10-29 Passed H., Ayes 64, Nays 17, PNV 4 passage
• 2021-10-29 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA9007) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-10-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-10-29 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-10-29 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6 passage
• 2021-10-29 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA9005)
• 2021-10-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 10/29/2021
• 2021-10-29 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-11-01 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-11-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-11-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-11-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-11-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-11-18 Pub. Ch. 5
• 2021-11-18 Effective date(s) 11/12/2021
• 2021-11-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 5

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aefee213-fdef-4071-89f8-04eb871a5f1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).