republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1659.md

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Bill	Public Officials - As enacted, raises the base salary from $156,024 to $205,328 for district attorneys general and district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.	Public Officials - As enacted, raises the base salary from $156,024 to $205,328 for district attorneys general and district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1659	Tennessee HB 1659 (113)	bill	Public Officials	enacted	Hicks G	1	32	7	2024-01-08	2024-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b5139754-6191-4032-a043-086085b7bc42	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1659&GA=113	5c9a25ca835d8f46571a7491c2fd50be2db42b680712c4b90d9931f1e30936e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1659 (113) — Public Officials - As enacted, raises the base salary from $156,024 to $205,328 for district attorneys general and district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/19/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 29–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hicks G — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-10 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-03 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Placed behind the budget
• 2024-04-11 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
• 2024-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
• 2024-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
• 2024-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-17 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
• 2024-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 passage
• 2024-04-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-24 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-05-01 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-28 Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
• 2024-05-28 Pub. Ch. 974

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5139754-6191-4032-a043-086085b7bc42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).