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Yes: 106 • No: 29
TennesseeSB 0547114th General Assembly (2025-2026)SenateWALLET
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to public safety.
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Signed by Governor
Criminal Procedure
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Criminal court bills add a $12.50 charge
Tennessee counties must approve this charge by a two-thirds vote of their county legislative body. It starts immediately upon county approval, and not otherwise. Court clerks must add $12.50 to every misdemeanor and felony cost bill, except for nonmoving traffic violations. The person assessed pays the added charge. When restitution or the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund privilege tax also applies, this charge has no collection priority over either. In multi-county judicial districts, the money goes to the District Attorneys General Conference’s executive director for the district prosecutor’s office. Elsewhere, the county receives the money and must use it for public-safety support services at the district attorney general’s sole discretion. Uncommitted and unspent money carries forward for its original purpose rather than returning to the state general fund. Counties can add funding, and these charges supplement other funding for the district attorney system. Each district attorney receiving or directing funds must report amounts charged, amounts collected, and the previous year’s uses by January 1. The conference must report district-level and combined totals by February 15 to the Senate Judiciary and House Criminal Justice committee chairs. That report also goes to the Senate Finance, Ways and Means and House Finance committee chairs.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Paul Rose
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/17/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2025
Yes: 73 • No: 23
Senate vote • 3/17/2025
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/17/2025
Yes: 25 • No: 5
Senate vote • 3/11/2025
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Yes: 8 • No: 1
Bill Text
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
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