republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1854.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires jury coordinator to prepare and send a list of persons disqualified or potentially disqualified from jury service due to certain reasons to the administrator of elections. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2."
description: "Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires jury coordinator to prepare and send a list of persons disqualified or potentially disqualified from jury service due to certain reasons to the administrator of elections. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1854"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1854 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juries and Jurors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a29ef58-2090-4ad5-85c4-94d5878287b2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1854&GA=110"
source_hash: "b4c259379cbb6f1de4511315721f19f4664efddd445452a6f8890737534c4e64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1854 (110) — Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires jury coordinator to prepare and send a list of persons disqualified or potentially disqualified from jury service due to certain reasons to the administrator of elections. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1854.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018 4/10/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/28/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/6/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/9/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0665)
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0794) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 23, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 837
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a29ef58-2090-4ad5-85c4-94d5878287b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).