republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1716.md

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Bill	Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge in which the judicial commissioners are supervised by the general sessions judges, the management and supervision of any judicial commissioners appointed pursuant to this section must rotate between the general sessions judges having criminal jurisdiction in the county on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40.	Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge in which the judicial commissioners are supervised by the general sessions judges, the management and supervision of any judicial commissioners appointed pursuant to this section must rotate between the general sessions judges having criminal jurisdiction in the county on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1716	Tennessee HB 1716 (113)	bill	Courts General Sessions	enacted	Gillespie	3	26	6	2024-01-09	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a6a213dc-be4a-452f-8a83-c14d77341873	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1716&GA=113	a16a3f9c47129a7a535aacc095c3d5453d45c851dd48e43631c15ac71bd5d5bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1716 (113) — Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge in which the judicial commissioners are supervised by the general sessions judges, the management and supervision of any judicial commissioners appointed pursuant to this section must rotate between the general sessions judges having criminal jurisdiction in the county on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0539 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0880 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/6/2024 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed — 71–20 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — 65–19 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — 29–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gillespie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-11 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
• 2024-01-30 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/6/2024
• 2024-01-31 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
• 2024-02-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/14/2024
• 2024-02-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
• 2024-02-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
• 2024-02-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-02-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 65, Nays 19, PNV 3 passage
• 2024-02-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0539) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-26 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-08 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1 passage
• 2024-04-08 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0880)
• 2024-04-08 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 786

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6a213dc-be4a-452f-8a83-c14d77341873. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).