Tennessee House Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 17 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-17 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 329
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, prohibits a court clerk, upon request by an individual on a payment or installment plan, from requiring the individual to pay outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal proceeding during the 180-day period following the individual's release from a term of imprisonment sentence of one year or more for a felony offense; excludes from this provision restitution owed to a victim and certain fines, fees, taxes, or costs that have been sent to a collection agency. - Amends TCA Title 40.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to fines.

Rep. Jeremy Faison [R]	Rep. Elaine Davis [R]	Rep. G.A. Hardaway [D]	Rep. John Clemmons [D]
Rep. Karen Camper [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-17		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 329
2023-04-20	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-04-20	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-04-18	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
2023-04-18	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-18	House	Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-04-18	House	Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-18	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-04-12	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-12	House	Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2023-04-11	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-04-05	House	Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/11/2023
2023-04-04	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-03-29	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023
2023-03-28	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023
2023-03-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
2023-03-21	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023
2023-03-20	House	R/S Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-20	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-01-25	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-01-12	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-01-12	House	Ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-01-11	House	P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
2023-01-10	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-04	House	Filed for introduction

SB0013 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-17 - Effective date(s) 05/05/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0026&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0026.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0329.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0413.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0013.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM1062.pdf