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| Bill | District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general in this state has peremptorily and categorically refused to prosecute criminal offenses based on an unjustifiable and unconstitutional standard, without regard to facts or circumstances or taken other official action that constitutes a failure or refusal to prosecute according to the law. - Amends TCA Title 8. | District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general in this state has peremptorily and categorically refused to prosecute criminal offenses based on an unjustifiable and unconstitutional standard, without regard to facts or circumstances or taken other official action that constitutes a failure or refusal to prosecute according to the law. - Amends TCA Title 8. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 114 | HB 483 | Tennessee HB 483 (114) |
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Tennessee HB 483 (114) — District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general in this state has peremptorily and categorically refused to prosecute criminal offenses based on an unjustifiable and unconstitutional standard, without regard to facts or circumstances or taken other official action that constitutes a failure or refusal to prosecute according to the law. - Amends TCA Title 8.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Amendment HA1061 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0995 (committee substitute) — source
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/22/2026 Passed — 66–25 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2026 Passed — 71–23 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — 10–9 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — 23–6 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — 7–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Farmer — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-28 Filed for introduction
filing - 2025-02-03 Intro., P1C.
introduction - 2025-02-05 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- 2026-03-04 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-03-04 Ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- 2026-03-18 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- 2026-03-18 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
- 2026-03-25 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- 2026-03-25 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/1/2026
- 2026-03-25 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
sponsorship - 2026-03-25 Sponsor change.
sponsorship - 2026-04-01 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2026
- 2026-04-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-07 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/7/2026
- 2026-04-07 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2026-04-08 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- 2026-04-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- 2026-04-15 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2026-04-15 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
receipt - 2026-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-04-15 Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 23, PNV 2
passage - 2026-04-15 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1061)
amendment-passage - 2026-04-16 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 6, PNV 1
passage - 2026-04-16 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0995)
- 2026-04-16 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
substitution - 2026-04-20 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/21/2026
- 2026-04-22 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 66, Nays 25 PNV 0 HB0483
- 2026-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
enrolled - 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
passage - 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
passage - 2026-05-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
executive-receipt - 2026-05-07 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
- 2026-05-14 Pub. Ch. 928
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abaae2de-1d49-4136-92a0-08942ca43c40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).