Tennessee Senate Bill 487

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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 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134
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.

Sen. John Stevens [R]	Sen. Paul Bailey [R]	Sen. Janince Bowling [R]	Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]
Sen. Edward Jackson [R]	Sen. Paul Rose [R]	Sen. Brent Taylor [R]	Sen. Page Walley [R]
Sen. Dawn White [R]

2023-03-07 - Senate - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134
2023-03-14	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-13	Senate	Companion House Bill substituted
2023-03-10	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
2023-03-07	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
2023-03-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-01-26	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-25	Senate	Sponsor change.
2023-01-25	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0038 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Effective date(s) 07/01/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0487&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0487.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0134.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0114.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=SB0487&ga=113