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Tennessee Senate · Mar 24, 2026

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (1)

Result: pass

SB 1734: Courts - As introduced, effective September 1, 2030, divides counties into five, instead of seven, different classes by population for the purpose of determining the compensation of general sessions and juvenile judges; revises provisions setting minimum salary requirements for general sessions and juvenile judges; establishes a county litigation tax on each civil, criminal, juvenile, and traffic case initiated in a general sessions or juvenile court to defray general sessions and juvenile judges' salaries; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 50.

State vote data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 4:06 AM.

Totals

YeaNay
Democratic02
Republican70
Total72

Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.

All voters

LegislatorPosition
Todd Gardenhire(Republican)Yea
Bobby Harshbarger(Republican)Yea
Sara Kyle(Democratic)Nay
London Lamar(Democratic)Nay
Kerry Roberts(Republican)Yea
Paul Rose(Republican)Yea
Robert Stevens(Republican)Yea
Brent Taylor(Republican)Yea
Mark White(Republican)Yea