---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scott County - Subject to local approval, imposes a $25.00 litigation tax on each case filed in circuit, general sessions, and juvenile courts in the county to fund the Scott County Family Justice Center. - Amends Chapter 247 of the Private Acts of 1982."
description: "Scott County - Subject to local approval, imposes a $25.00 litigation tax on each case filed in circuit, general sessions, and juvenile courts in the county to fund the Scott County Family Justice Center. - Amends Chapter 247 of the Private Acts of 1982."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1550"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1550 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scott County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keisling", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-23"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e4fa62a-508f-4bde-beee-c432d3cf69f7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1550&GA=111"
source_hash: "4451191fb924416ecad0c40eecd6255e808b54cc9470abae0d56903a07afe831"
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 1550 (111) — Scott County - Subject to local approval, imposes a $25.00 litigation tax on each case filed in circuit, general sessions, and juvenile courts in the county to fund the Scott County Family Justice Center. - Amends Chapter 247 of the Private Acts of 1982.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1550.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/2/2019 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **73–12** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/2/2019 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keisling — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-04-29** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Local Bill Consent Calendar 2 for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 12, PNV 11 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-02** Senate Reset on next calendar
- **2019-05-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 35
- **2019-06-06** Pr. Ch. 35

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e4fa62a-508f-4bde-beee-c432d3cf69f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).