republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-486.md

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Bill	Public Defenders - As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.	Public Defenders - As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 486	Tennessee HB 486 (114)	bill	Public Defenders	enacted	Farmer	3	39	7	2025-01-29	2025-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/609f633c-ed7a-401f-bacc-80a310125be7	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0486&ga=114	27b9b0dcdc21968e098afe815c66895fcdb80ba045902c4a6d212225ed495e32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 486 (114) — Public Defenders - As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0380 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0388 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (6) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — 27–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/9/2025 Passed (5) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Farmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-03 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-02-05 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2025-03-12 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
• 2025-03-12 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
• 2025-03-19 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
• 2025-03-26 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
• 2025-03-26 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
• 2025-04-01 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
• 2025-04-09 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
• 2025-04-09 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-09 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-14 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
• 2025-04-14 Placed behind the budget
• 2025-04-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
• 2025-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0380) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2025-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0388)
• 2025-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-05-08 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
• 2025-05-27 Pub. Ch. 485

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/609f633c-ed7a-401f-bacc-80a310125be7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).