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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1716"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1716 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "General Sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a213dc-be4a-452f-8a83-c14d77341873"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1716&GA=113"
source_hash: "a16a3f9c47129a7a535aacc095c3d5453d45c851dd48e43631c15ac71bd5d5bd"
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 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0539.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0880** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0880.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1716.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/6/2024 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed — **7120** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **6519** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **291** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6a213dc-be4a-452f-8a83-c14d77341873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).