---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fines and Penalties - 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."
description: "Fines and Penalties - 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Tennessee SB 13 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines and Penalties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-13"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8158d5b-2da8-4891-992f-d1c9057efd32"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0013&GA=113"
source_hash: "fe78c3e1aa8faf0044e2c67b1009bcca419bef45ef1a273e919489dc43b82287"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 13 (113) — Fines and Penalties - 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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0413.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0434** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0434.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0013.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2023 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/18/2023 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-12-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments `passage`
- **2023-01-20** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
- **2023-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
- **2023-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
- **2023-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0413) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0434)
- **2023-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
- **2023-05-17** Pub. Ch. 329

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8158d5b-2da8-4891-992f-d1c9057efd32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).