republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2401.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, makes various changes to the board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2."
description: "Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, makes various changes to the board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2401"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2401 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges and Chancellors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Curcio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bfdcd1b-71b9-403a-a42c-7c94d8809d38"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2401&GA=112"
source_hash: "016d2805e242ea82a1af8401c4ac5a1bebfc75674195b71a6dfed99024d8d16d"
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 2401 (112) — Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, makes various changes to the board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0889.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0839** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0839.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2401.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2022 Passed (1) — **86–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Curcio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0839)
- **2022-04-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0889) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 976
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 976

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bfdcd1b-71b9-403a-a42c-7c94d8809d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).