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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.
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — 73–22 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed — 29–2 (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — 8–0 (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).