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TennesseeSB 0245114th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3, relative to district attorneys general.

Sponsored By: Ferrell Haile (Republican)

Became Law

District Attorneys

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Broader use of stand-in prosecutors

A district attorney general pro tem can now be appointed for more kinds of cases. It covers criminal and civil proceedings. Examples include removing officers, quo warranto, nuisance abatement, certain forfeiture cases, post-conviction cases, and some cemetery regulation cases. It also includes grand jury and any other proceeding.

Legal help and privacy for prosecutors

The prosecutors’ conference now provides legal advice to district attorneys and their staff on their duties. Conference attorneys can give this help. These communications and related documents are confidential and privileged. They are not public records under §10-7-503. A court can order release only by a valid final order under §10-7-505.

Prosecutors’ conference meetings: open with narrow closed parts

All meetings of the prosecutors’ conference follow Tennessee’s open meetings law. The executive and finance committees can meet in private only for limited topics: records not open to the public, litigation, audits or investigations, information protected by federal law, and matters handled by a pro tem district attorney. In a closed session, they may discuss only those topics. When a meeting has public and private items, the public business comes first. The chair must end the public part, state the rest is confidential, and begin the private part only after others leave.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Ferrell Haile

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Randy Lt. Governor McNally

    Republican • Senate

  • Brent Taylor

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 105 • No: 28

House vote • 4/15/2025

FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025

Yes: 73 • No: 21

Senate vote • 3/27/2025

FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025

Yes: 26 • No: 5

Senate vote • 3/18/2025

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Yes: 6 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Pub. Ch. 312

    5/13/2025

  2. Effective date(s) 05/02/2025

    5/13/2025

  3. Signed by Governor.

    5/2/2025Senate

  4. Transmitted to Governor for action.

    4/22/2025Senate

  5. Signed by Senate Speaker

    4/21/2025Senate

  6. Signed by H. Speaker

    4/21/2025House

  7. Enrolled and ready for signatures

    4/17/2025Senate

  8. Subst. for comp. HB.

    4/15/2025House

  9. Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0

    4/15/2025House

  10. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

    3/31/2025House

  11. Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5

    3/27/2025Senate

  12. Sponsor(s) Added.

    3/27/2025Senate

  13. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    3/27/2025Senate

  14. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025

    3/25/2025Senate

  15. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

    3/18/2025Senate

  16. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

    3/17/2025Senate

  17. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

    3/12/2025Senate

  18. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

    2/10/2025Senate

  19. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    1/27/2025Senate

  20. Filed for introduction

    1/22/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Enrolled / Public Chapter

    PDF

  • Fiscal Note

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

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