Tennessee Senate Bill 19

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 6, relative to investigations by the attorney general and reporter.

Sen. Todd Gardenhire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
2025-01-15	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2025-01-14	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-12-18	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0096 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-12 - Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/19/2025

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0019&ga=114
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0019.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0019.pdf