---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fines and Penalties - As enacted, revises provisions governing payment plans and stays from license revocation for assessed litigation taxes, court costs, and fines. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24."
description: "Fines and Penalties - As enacted, revises provisions governing payment plans and stays from license revocation for assessed litigation taxes, court costs, and fines. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 802"
citation: "Tennessee SB 802 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines and Penalties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eabcea52-2764-4f02-a8b1-5be86003a644"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0802&GA=110"
source_hash: "178999613a4ba0f26556519710850380d4bf92229544358aec27826aed622e57"
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 802 (110) — Fines and Penalties - As enacted, revises provisions governing payment plans and stays from license revocation for assessed litigation taxes, court costs, and fines. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0802.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/18/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/8/2017 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/27/2017 Passed — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2 4/12/2017 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0431)
- **2017-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0403)
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0329) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0328) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 412
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 412

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eabcea52-2764-4f02-a8b1-5be86003a644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).