HB 2000 Tennessee House · 113th Regular Session (2023-2024)

Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, empowers the attorney general to fix the attorney general's and their assistant's compensation; limits the attorney general's salary to an associate justice on the supreme court or a Class 1 official; permits the attorney general to pay salaries in periodic installments. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

This bill allows the Tennessee Attorney General to set their own salary and those of their assistants, provided the amounts stay within the budget approved for the department. The Attorney General's pay is capped so it cannot be higher than the salary of a Supreme Court associate justice or a Class 1 official. Additionally, the law requires that these salaries be paid out in regular installments rather than as a single lump sum.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Jan 24, 2024 Signed May 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2024 · House Mar 4, 2024

How they voted

25–3
Passed
Total votes 28
Apr 15, 2024
D Democratic3
3 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican25
25 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
14
Committee
12
May 3, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Apr 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 1
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/27/2024
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2024
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/14/2024
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Andrew Farmer
Andrew Farmer
RRepublican
TN
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