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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
description: "Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1288 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Defenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Farmer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3606d6bd-1411-4933-a2b7-29265e27c030"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1288&GA=111"
source_hash: "076d1be3da050e9f890bc0fc3b599722a70ec21f8d468a17844dbd06959701ca"
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 1288 (111) — Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
## 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/111/Bill/HB1288.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (4) — **930** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (2) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/3/2019 (7) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (3) — **930** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Akbari — primary (person)
- Farmer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 302
- **2019-05-13** Pub. Ch. 302
- **2019-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3606d6bd-1411-4933-a2b7-29265e27c030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).