republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2730.md

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Bill	Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14.	Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2730	Tennessee SB 2730 (113)	bill	Public Defenders	enacted	Akbari	3	27	4	2024-01-31	2024-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/33c3f41d-5bc2-4ffe-8859-170b31d7575d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2730&GA=113	dea1d57def18c623230b0d46f4ac550e7c6fe0aec89651fa13cfb4abf6bb8ab7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2730 (113) — Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA1090 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA1007 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2024 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2024 Passed (2) — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Akbari — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2024-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
• 2024-04-01 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-01 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-02 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• 2024-04-08 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-08 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-10 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-04-15 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2024
• 2024-04-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
• 2024-04-17 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/18/2024
• 2024-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-18 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-18 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1007)
• 2024-04-22 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-24 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1090) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-24 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-29 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-15 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-16 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-06-03 Effective date(s) 05/28/2024
• 2024-06-03 Pub. Ch. 1059

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33c3f41d-5bc2-4ffe-8859-170b31d7575d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).