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type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5."
description: "Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Tennessee SB 5 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-22"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3161a5e6-722f-4623-be8b-265f704b1955"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0005&GA=110"
source_hash: "decf0741897b099bbdb9f33d2fff1dab0b508b8f775c19e1d91a7866c06e6e43"
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 SB 5 (110) — Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5.
## 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/SB0005.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2018 PASSED — **851** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2018 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2018 PASSED — **320** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2018 PASSED — **910** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Green — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2017-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2017-01-12** Ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-01-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-03-07** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-03-07** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1267) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1055) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1168)
- **2018-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0899)
- **2018-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA1169)
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Am. #2 withdrawn.
- **2018-04-25** Am. reconsidered.
- **2018-04-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2018-04-25** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2018-04-25** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Senate refused to concur in amendment (Amendment 2 - HA1267) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 974
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 974
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3161a5e6-722f-4623-be8b-265f704b1955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).