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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, specifies that when, in the judgment of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate, the interest of the state requires additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter, the speakers shall retain additional counsel to prosecute an action against the federal government on behalf of the state if the representation does not include payment of a fixed or contingent fee to any such additional counsel or otherwise increase state expenditures. - Amends TCA Section 8-6-106."
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description: "Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, specifies that when, in the judgment of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate, the interest of the state requires additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter, the speakers shall retain additional counsel to prosecute an action against the federal government on behalf of the state if the representation does not include payment of a fixed or contingent fee to any such additional counsel or otherwise increase state expenditures. - Amends TCA Section 8-6-106."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 38"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 38 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General and Reporter"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bulso"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d44171c-5e21-4c7f-aa42-aa302f2a4e7b"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0038&GA=113"
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source_hash: "a16a8caf24614eada74898d1cc5f42d9f77e6b1e00f49a7a7b50e9fc82b726ef"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 38 (113) — Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, specifies that when, in the judgment of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate, the interest of the state requires additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter, the speakers shall retain additional counsel to prosecute an action against the federal government on behalf of the state if the representation does not include payment of a fixed or contingent fee to any such additional counsel or otherwise increase state expenditures. - Amends TCA Section 8-6-106.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0023.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0114.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0038.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/7/2023 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/7/2023 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **24–7** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed — **82–12** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/7/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/15/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **82–12** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/7/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bulso — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
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- **2023-01-12** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-12** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
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- **2023-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/15/2023
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- **2023-02-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
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- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
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- **2023-02-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 12, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0023) `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/20/2023
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- **2023-03-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0114)
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- **2023-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2023-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
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- **2023-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 7 `passage`
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- **2023-03-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
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- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 134
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d44171c-5e21-4c7f-aa42-aa302f2a4e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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