republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1802.md

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Bill	Criminal Procedure - As enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district attorney general declines prosecution, an investigating state or local law enforcement agency to report and submit evidence of the offense to the district attorney general for another judicial district in which jurisdiction and venue over the offense are proper. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6 and Title 38, Chapter 6.	Criminal Procedure - As enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district attorney general declines prosecution, an investigating state or local law enforcement agency to report and submit evidence of the offense to the district attorney general for another judicial district in which jurisdiction and venue over the offense are proper. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6 and Title 38, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1802	Tennessee SB 1802 (113)	bill	Criminal Procedure	enacted	Taylor	3	34	3	2024-01-22	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/9e00aa93-4731-4bba-b405-f1c64e194852	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1802&GA=113	f23ef0beb49ddf6a7898ea553cbadfa528484ad9e28ff665095fa75ca076d653	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1802 (113) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district attorney general declines prosecution, an investigating state or local law enforcement agency to report and submit evidence of the offense to the district attorney general for another judicial district in which jurisdiction and venue over the offense are proper. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6 and Title 38, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0921 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0875 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — 25–5 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — 81–8 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2024 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-25 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2024-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-01 Sponsor change. sponsorship
• 2024-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-05 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2024
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-19 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-19 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-20 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-26 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
• 2024-03-26 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/27/2024
• 2024-03-27 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-04-02 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024
• 2024-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-04 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 passage
• 2024-04-04 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0875)
• 2024-04-08 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-11 Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 8, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-11 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0921) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-11 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-16 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-17 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-09 Effective date(s) 04/29/2024
• 2024-05-09 Pub. Ch. 805

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e00aa93-4731-4bba-b405-f1c64e194852. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).