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type: "Bill"
title: "County Officers - As enacted, requires a court with jurisdiction over a criminal case in which an elected constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution; if constable is convicted of a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony, requires the clerk to mail a certified copy of the conviction to the attorney general and the appropriate district attorney general, county attorney, and city attorney to determine whether ouster proceedings should be brought. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 16."
description: "County Officers - As enacted, requires a court with jurisdiction over a criminal case in which an elected constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution; if constable is convicted of a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony, requires the clerk to mail a certified copy of the conviction to the attorney general and the appropriate district attorney general, county attorney, and city attorney to determine whether ouster proceedings should be brought. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1782"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1782 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/723cb76b-3bc3-45a8-8c22-28b5b417ec4f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1782&GA=112"
source_hash: "2f5baff9b4083efee6b6cc59e687180c0d41cfbd9bb696aa79fde5535674de4d"
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 1782 (112) — County Officers - As enacted, requires a court with jurisdiction over a criminal case in which an elected constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution; if constable is convicted of a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony, requires the clerk to mail a certified copy of the conviction to the attorney general and the appropriate district attorney general, county attorney, and city attorney to determine whether ouster proceedings should be brought. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 16.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0561** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0561.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0505.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1782.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY HULSEY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **273** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/14/2022 Passed — **890** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/8/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/11/2022 Passed — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/22/2022 Passed (2) — **81** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0561) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0505)
- **2022-02-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-14** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/17/22
- **2022-03-17** H. refused to recede from H. Am. No. 1
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/31/22
- **2022-03-28** Conference Committee appointed. (Lundberg, Bell, Akbari)
- **2022-03-28** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
- **2022-03-31** Conf. comm. appointed. (Hulsey, Campbell, J. Sexton, Windle)
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/14/22
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee report adopted,
- **2022-04-14** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 89, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 05/03/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 969
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 969
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/723cb76b-3bc3-45a8-8c22-28b5b417ec4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).