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type: "Bill"
title: "District Attorneys - As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3."
description: "District Attorneys - As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Tennessee SB 245 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["District Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ded76d-e84d-45d1-b8a3-48df3ccd1a00"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0245&ga=114"
source_hash: "ff05f0651327033f1db487ea6b79807b640b50d74426c11fa712f245908e8a1f"
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 245 (114) — District Attorneys - As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0245.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **7321** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **265** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/18/2025 Passed — **62** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Haile — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 312
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ded76d-e84d-45d1-b8a3-48df3ccd1a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).