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type: "Bill"
title: "Putnam County - Subject to local approval, establishes that general sessions court has concurrent jurisdiction with chancery and circuit courts relating to cases of adoption, pursuant to general law. -"
description: "Putnam County - Subject to local approval, establishes that general sessions court has concurrent jurisdiction with chancery and circuit courts relating to cases of adoption, pursuant to general law. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1539 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Putnam County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55f6c7a7-e9b9-4cac-b913-0de13c07dc79"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1539&GA=113"
source_hash: "1987afde6cbc7d6925c2bc9bd92067c66832e649482affffafe171528909d623"
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 1539 (113) — Putnam County - Subject to local approval, establishes that general sessions court has concurrent jurisdiction with chancery and circuit courts relating to cases of adoption, pursuant to general law. -
## 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/113/Bill/HB1539.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/5/2024 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/1/2024 2/1/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/30/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2024
- **2024-02-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/5/2024
- **2024-02-05** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Pr. Ch. 35
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55f6c7a7-e9b9-4cac-b913-0de13c07dc79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).