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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a court from accepting any plea agreement that allows an elected public official who is charged with an infamous crime involving an offense committed in the persons official capacity or involving the duties of the persons office from qualifying for, seeking, or holding public office at some point in the future. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 18; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a court from accepting any plea agreement that allows an elected public official who is charged with an infamous crime involving an offense committed in the persons official capacity or involving the duties of the persons office from qualifying for, seeking, or holding public office at some point in the future. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 18; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "Tennessee SB 731 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Staples"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f78cd3-76a4-451d-aec5-ded9b179b1db"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0731&GA=111"
source_hash: "0849a72435de3f0d7ccbd2f3492afe2df076e1ce423fdfd4b9e8c084d75b2ce1"
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 731 (111) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a court from accepting any plea agreement that allows an elected public official who is charged with an infamous crime involving an offense committed in the persons official capacity or involving the duties of the persons office from qualifying for, seeking, or holding public office at some point in the future. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 18; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0264.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0731.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2019 Passed (2) — **263** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/27/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **263** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed (3) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **845** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee 3/26/2019 Passed — **52** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2019-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/19
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Passed H. as amended, Ayes 84, Nays 5, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0264) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0264) `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 281
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 281
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f78cd3-76a4-451d-aec5-ded9b179b1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).