Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 483: District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general in this state has peremptorily and categorically refused to prosecute criminal offenses based on an unjustifiable and unconstitutional standard, without regard to facts or circumstances or taken other official action that constitutes a failure or refusal to prosecute according to the law. - Amends TCA Title 8.

Enacted Last action May 14, 2026: Pub. Ch. 928

Plain-language summary

HB 483 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general in this state has peremptorily and categorically refused to prosecute criminal offenses based on an unjustifiable and unconstitutional standard, without regard to facts or circumstances or taken other official action that constitutes a failure or refusal to prosecute according to the law. - Amends TCA Title 8. Primary sponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): Pub. Ch. 928.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican).