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Bill Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6. Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 19 Tennessee SB 19 (114)
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Tennessee SB 19 (114) — Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — 7322 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed — 292 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-12-18 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-01-14 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-01-15 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
  • 2025-02-18 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2025-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
  • 2025-02-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-02-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 passage
  • 2025-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-03-10 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 passage
  • 2025-03-10 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-03-12 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-12 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-13 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-04-08 Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
  • 2025-04-08 Pub. Ch. 58

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3aa7911-14fc-452c-9491-d6199ef66781. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).