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J enne&see Senate
PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 58
SENATE BILL NO. 19
By Gardenhire
Substituted for: House Bill No. 96
By Davis, Fritts
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 6, relative to investigations by the
attorney general and reporter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-6-112(a), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:
(a) The attorney general and reporter has the authority to conduct an investigation
and has the authority to initiate the criminal prosecution of any judge, chancellor, or judicial
elected official, or district attorney general, or both, whenever:
(1) The attorney general and reporter receives information sufficient to
constitute probable cause to investigate whether any official may have violated any
state criminal law; and
(2)(A) A decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general of the
district in which the offense occurred or in which a portion of the offense
occurred may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest; or
(B) The attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of
§ 8-31-103.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. PASSED:
SENATE BILL NO. 19
March 10, 2025
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NllY McNALL Y
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERtlNSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this a!5U.. day of MoY<k 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR