# Tennessee HB 0524: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16 and Title 40, relative to veterans treatment courts.

Tennessee HB 0524, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16 and Title 40, relative to veterans treatment courts., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/21/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0524
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16 and Title 40, relative to veterans treatment courts.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Montgomery County
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (183 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Veterans gain transfer option with jury waiver: mixed, low. Effective upon becoming law, Tennessee allows defendants to request criminal-case transfers to a bordering county’s veterans treatment court, despite conflicting laws. The receiving county must have 220,000 through 220,100 people, based on the 2020 or a later federal census. Its program must have a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2025 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 86 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 27 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | House | HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0489.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0524.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0524.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0489.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0524.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0524.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026)
- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
- [SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2690-2025-2026)
- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
- [SB 2716: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2716-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0524-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).