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Bill Courts - As enacted, prohibits the disqualification or removal of a municipal judge who was duly elected or appointed to office prior to March 7, 2025, and who is qualified for such office under the laws and interpretations in effect at the time of such election or appointment, due to a residency requirement during the term of office to which the municipal judge was elected or appointed. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28 and Title 29. Courts - As enacted, prohibits the disqualification or removal of a municipal judge who was duly elected or appointed to office prior to March 7, 2025, and who is qualified for such office under the laws and interpretations in effect at the time of such election or appointment, due to a residency requirement during the term of office to which the municipal judge was elected or appointed. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28 and Title 29. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 490 Tennessee HB 490 (114)
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3 31 0 2025-01-29 2025-05-27 openstates ocd-bill/e7ad7e03-57eb-4e08-b654-f1f107e83466 https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0490&ga=114 73a2e9c74120a7ae8cb3c3c9b0aba05b9c8b8ad65836a584573adf78de900a1c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee HB 490 (114) — Courts - As enacted, prohibits the disqualification or removal of a municipal judge who was duly elected or appointed to office prior to March 7, 2025, and who is qualified for such office under the laws and interpretations in effect at the time of such election or appointment, due to a residency requirement during the term of office to which the municipal judge was elected or appointed. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28 and Title 29.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0325 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0391 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Helton-Haynes — 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.
  • 2025-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
  • 2025-03-24 Sponsor change. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-24 Sponsor(s) withdrawn. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-24 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-24 Ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-26 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
  • 2025-03-26 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
  • 2025-04-02 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
  • 2025-04-02 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-04-08 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-09 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
  • 2025-04-10 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
  • 2025-04-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-04-15 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2025-04-15 Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2025-04-15 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0325) amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-16 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-04-17 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2025-04-17 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0391)
  • 2025-04-17 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2025-04-23 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. 487

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7ad7e03-57eb-4e08-b654-f1f107e83466. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).