Tennessee House Bill 38

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Passed on April 18 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, specifies that when, in the judgment of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate, the interest of the state requires additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter, the speakers shall retain additional counsel to prosecute an action against the federal government on behalf of the state if the representation does not include payment of a fixed or contingent fee to any such additional counsel or otherwise increase state expenditures. - Amends TCA Section 8-6-106.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-6-106, relative to the retention of counsel to prosecute actions on behalf of the state.

Rep. Gino Bulso [R]	Rep. Dennis Powers [R]	Rep. Dan Howell [R]	Rep. John Ragan [R]
Rep. Chris Todd [R]	Rep. Justin Lafferty [R]	Rep. Scott Cepicky [R]	Rep. Bryan Terry [R]
Rep. David Hawk [R]

2023-03-20 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration (Y: 24 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-27 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 82 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18		Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
2023-04-18		Pub. Ch. 134
2023-04-06		Signed by Governor.
2023-03-27	House	Transmitted to Governor for his action.
2023-03-22	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2023-03-22	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2023-03-21	House	Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
2023-03-20	Senate	Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 7
2023-03-16	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Senate Reset on calendar for 3/20/2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0114)
2023-03-13	Senate	Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
2023-03-02	Senate	Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2023-02-28	House	Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
2023-02-27	House	Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 12, PNV 0
2023-02-27	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-27	House	H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0023)
2023-02-23	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
2023-02-22	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
2023-02-15	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-02-08	House	Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/15/2023
2023-02-07	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee
2023-02-01	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-01	House	Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
2023-01-12	House	Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
2023-01-12	House	Ref. to State Government Committee
2023-01-11	House	P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
2023-01-10	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-09	House	Filed for introduction

SB0487 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0038&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0038.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0134.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0023.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0038.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0103.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0038&ga=113