SB 5 — Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5.
Last action — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 974
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 22, 2016. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Mixed recorded votes
2 passed, 3 failed in recorded votes so far.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
Bill Text
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Read SB 5 on the official Tennessee source →Action History
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Comp. became Pub. Ch. 974
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Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
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Pub. Ch. 974
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Signed by Governor.
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Transmitted to Governor for action.
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Signed by H. Speaker
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Signed by Senate Speaker
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Enrolled and ready for signatures
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Sponsor(s) Added.
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Senate refused to concur in amendment (Amendment 2 - HA1267)
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H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/25/2018
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Motion to lift from table adopted.
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Motion to reconsider adopted.
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Am. reconsidered.
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Am. #2 withdrawn.
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Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 1, PNV 1
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Comp. SB subst.
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Sponsor(s) Added.
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Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA1169)
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Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0899)
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Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1168)
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Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0
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Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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Subst. for comp. HB.
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Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1055)
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H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1267)
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Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0
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Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
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Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
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Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2018
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Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee
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Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
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Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
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Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
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H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
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Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
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Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2018
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Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
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Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
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Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
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Sponsor(s) Added.
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Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
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Placed behind the budget
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Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
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Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
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Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee
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Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
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Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/27/2018
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Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
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Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2018
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Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
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Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
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Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
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Sponsor change.
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Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
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Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
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Ref. Civil Justice Committee
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P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
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Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
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Intro., P1C.
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Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
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Filed for intro.
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Filed for introduction
Sponsors
- Green · Primary
- Jack Johnson · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- Green
- Johnson, Jack Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (131)
131 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 131 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (87)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Beck | — | Yea |
| Calfee | — | Yea |
| Casada | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Daniel | — | Yea |
| Doss | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Forgety | — | Yea |
| Kane | — | Yea |
| Lollar | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Yea |
| Pitts | — | Yea |
| Staples | — | Yea |
| Tillis | — | Yea |
| Weaver | — | Yea |
| Brooks H. | — | Yea |
| Brooks K. | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| DeBerry | — | Yea |
| Butt | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Coley | — | Yea |
| Curcio | — | Yea |
| Hill M. | — | Yea |
| Hill T. | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Powers | — | Yea |
| Ramsey | — | Yea |
| Sargent | — | Yea |
| Sexton C. | — | Yea |
| Sexton J. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Stewart | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| White M. | — | Yea |
| Madame Speaker Harwell | — | Yea |
| Fitzhugh | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Goins | — | Yea |
| Halford | — | Yea |
| Hazlewood | — | Yea |
| Holt | — | Yea |
| Matlock | — | Yea |
| McCormick | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Rogers | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Whitson | — | Yea |
| Windle | — | Yea |
| Wirgau | — | Yea |
| Van Huss | — | Yea |
| Akbari, Raumesh | Democrat | Yea |
| Camper, Karen D. | Democrat | Yea |
| Clemmons, John Ray | Democrat | Yea |
| Hardaway, T.J. | Democrat | Yea |
| Love, Jr., Harold | Democrat | Yea |
| Miller, Larry J. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bo | Democrat | Yea |
| Parkinson, Antonio | Democrat | Yea |
| Powell, Jason | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaw, Johnny | Democrat | Yea |
| Towns, Jr., Joe | Democrat | Yea |
| Alexander, Rebecca K. | Republican | Yea |
| Boyd, Clark | Republican | Yea |
| Crawford, John | Republican | Yea |
| Eldridge, Rick | Republican | Yea |
| Faison, Jeremy | Republican | Yea |
| Gant, Ron M. | Republican | Nay |
| Hawk, David B. | Republican | Yea |
| Hicks, Gary | Republican | Yea |
| Hulsey, Bud | Republican | Yea |
| Keisling, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Lamberth, William | Republican | Yea |
| Littleton, Mary | Republican | Yea |
| Lynn, Susan M. | Republican | Yea |
| Marsh, Pat | Republican | Yea |
| Moody, Debra | Republican | Yea |
| Moon, Jerome | Republican | Yea |
| Reedy, Jay D. | Republican | Yea |
| Rudd, Tim | Republican | Yea |
| Sherrell, Paul | Republican | Yea |
| Sparks, Mike | Republican | Yea |
| Travis, Ron | Republican | Not Voting |
| Vaughan, Kevin | Republican | Yea |
| Williams, Ryan | Republican | Yea |
| Zachary, Jason | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (91)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Calfee | — | Yea |
| Casada | — | Yea |
| Curcio | — | Yea |
| Daniel | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Forgety | — | Yea |
| Holsclaw | — | Yea |
| Jernigan | — | Yea |
| McCormick | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Yea |
| Pitts | — | Yea |
| Staples | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Tillis | — | Yea |
| Weaver | — | Yea |
| Brooks H. | — | Yea |
| Brooks K. | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| DeBerry | — | Yea |
| Beck | — | Yea |
| Butt | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Coley | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Hill M. | — | Yea |
| Hill T. | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Powers | — | Yea |
| Ramsey | — | Yea |
| Sargent | — | Yea |
| Sexton C. | — | Yea |
| Sexton J. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Stewart | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| White D. | — | Yea |
| White M. | — | Yea |
| Madame Speaker Harwell | — | Yea |
| Fitzhugh | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Goins | — | Yea |
| Halford | — | Yea |
| Hazlewood | — | Yea |
| Kane | — | Yea |
| Lollar | — | Yea |
| Matlock | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Rogers | — | Yea |
| Sanderson | — | Yea |
| Whitson | — | Yea |
| Windle | — | Yea |
| Wirgau | — | Yea |
| Van Huss | — | Yea |
| Akbari, Raumesh | Democrat | Yea |
| Camper, Karen D. | Democrat | Yea |
| Clemmons, John Ray | Democrat | Yea |
| Hardaway, T.J. | Democrat | Yea |
| Love, Jr., Harold | Democrat | Yea |
| Miller, Larry J. | Democrat | Yea |
| Parkinson, Antonio | Democrat | Yea |
| Powell, Jason | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaw, Johnny | Democrat | Yea |
| Towns, Jr., Joe | Democrat | Yea |
| Alexander, Rebecca K. | Republican | Yea |
| Boyd, Clark | Republican | Yea |
| Crawford, John | Republican | Yea |
| Eldridge, Rick | Republican | Yea |
| Faison, Jeremy | Republican | Yea |
| Gant, Ron M. | Republican | Yea |
| Hawk, David B. | Republican | Yea |
| Hicks, Gary | Republican | Yea |
| Howell, Dan | Republican | Yea |
| Hulsey, Bud | Republican | Yea |
| Keisling, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Kumar, Sabi 'Doc' | Republican | Yea |
| Lamberth, William | Republican | Yea |
| Littleton, Mary | Republican | Yea |
| Lynn, Susan M. | Republican | Yea |
| Marsh, Pat | Republican | Yea |
| Moody, Debra | Republican | Yea |
| Moon, Jerome | Republican | Yea |
| Reedy, Jay D. | Republican | Yea |
| Rudd, Tim | Republican | Yea |
| Sherrell, Paul | Republican | Yea |
| Sparks, Mike | Republican | Yea |
| Terry, Bryan | Republican | Yea |
| Travis, Ron | Republican | Yea |
| Vaughan, Kevin | Republican | Yea |
| Williams, Ryan | Republican | Yea |
| Zachary, Jason | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (32)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Bell | — | Yea |
| Dickerson | — | Yea |
| Ketron | — | Yea |
| Swann | — | Yea |
| Tate | — | Yea |
| Green | — | Yea |
| Gresham | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Kelsey | — | Yea |
| Lundberg | — | Yea |
| Niceley | — | Yea |
| Norris | — | Yea |
| Harris, Torrey C. | Democrat | Yea |
| Kyle, Sara | Democrat | Yea |
| Yarbro, Jeff | Democrat | Yea |
| Bailey, Paul | Republican | Yea |
| Bowling, Janice | Republican | Yea |
| Crowe, Rusty | Republican | Yea |
| Gardenhire, Todd | Republican | Yea |
| Haile, Ferrell | Republican | Yea |
| Hensley, Joey | Republican | Yea |
| Jackson, Ed | Republican | Yea |
| Massey, Becky D. | Republican | Yea |
| McNally, Randy | Republican | Yea |
| Pody, Mark | Republican | Yea |
| Reeves, Shane | Republican | Yea |
| Roberts, Kerry | Republican | Yea |
| Southerland, Steve | Republican | Yea |
| Stevens, John | Republican | Yea |
| Watson, Bo | Republican | Yea |
| Yager, Ken | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (8)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Tate | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Yea |
| Ketron | — | Yea |
| Gardenhire, Todd | Republican | Yea |
| Haile, Ferrell | Republican | Yea |
| Hensley, Joey | Republican | Yea |
| Massey, Becky D. | Republican | Yea |
| Watson, Bo | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Kelsey | — | Yea |
| Lundberg | — | Yea |
| Harris, Torrey C. | Democrat | Yea |
| Kyle, Sara | Democrat | Yea |
| Bowling, Janice | Republican | Yea |
| Roberts, Kerry | Republican | Yea |
| Stevens, John | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
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- SB 5 is sponsored by Green and Johnson, Jack (Republican).
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 22, 2016. Enacted.
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