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type: "Bill"
title: "Sullivan County - Subject to local approval, removes the prohibition on the general sessions court from hearing a case in which the defendant is charged with driving a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or drug. - Amends Chapter 349 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended."
description: "Sullivan County - Subject to local approval, removes the prohibition on the general sessions court from hearing a case in which the defendant is charged with driving a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or drug. - Amends Chapter 349 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1573"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1573 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sullivan County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5ad2c6-49e0-40f7-b1d7-5b3396655af3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1573&GA=113"
source_hash: "ad2aa089d1deff895d04be9c6336522113e66cf7a96bdbb0f500c47cfb2f95d5"
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 1573 (113) — Sullivan County - Subject to local approval, removes the prohibition on the general sessions court from hearing a case in which the defendant is charged with driving a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or drug. - Amends Chapter 349 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
## 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/HB1573.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2023 4/18/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hulsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-04-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-04-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Pr. Ch. 33
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5ad2c6-49e0-40f7-b1d7-5b3396655af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).