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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3."
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description: "Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "HB 591"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 591 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Municipal"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baum", "White"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dbeb17a-85f5-4b23-845d-6f7ee34135dd"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0591&GA=111"
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source_hash: "3aaeb88680eb91a25b20149987b98adff64a377c6308efe4e3fae8b1ecf98260"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 591 (111) — Courts, Municipal - As enacted, permits a municipal judge to use a special substitute judge when the municipal judge is unable to preside; requires the special substitute judge to be appointed in a manner determined by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality or, if no such ordinance, in writing by the municipal judge. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0591.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Baum — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
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- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
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- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
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- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
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- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
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- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
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- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2019-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 72
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- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 72
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- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dbeb17a-85f5-4b23-845d-6f7ee34135dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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