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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1802"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1802 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e00aa93-4731-4bba-b405-f1c64e194852"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1802&GA=113"
source_hash: "f23ef0beb49ddf6a7898ea553cbadfa528484ad9e28ff665095fa75ca076d653"
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 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0921.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0875** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0875.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1802.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **255** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — **818** (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 — **80** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e00aa93-4731-4bba-b405-f1c64e194852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).