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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes Johnson County to employ a full-time general sessions judge and prohibit the judge from practicing law or accepting other employment upon adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15."
description: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes Johnson County to employ a full-time general sessions judge and prohibit the judge from practicing law or accepting other employment upon adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 505"
citation: "Tennessee SB 505 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "General Sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell S", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54fdf036-e343-4ddc-8089-72966b668ab9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0505&GA=112"
source_hash: "ed324b403cdfa810b6ad0bcf0ac8c4cee6cc3aa086997d297f6efa7da380b1d0"
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 505 (112) — Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes Johnson County to employ a full-time general sessions judge and prohibit the judge from practicing law or accepting other employment upon adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0505.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2021 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **912** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2021 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **912** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/6/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Campbell S — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 04/28/2021
- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 254
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 254
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54fdf036-e343-4ddc-8089-72966b668ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).