---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks, Court - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to take passport photographs and to charge a reasonable fee for such service. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Clerks, Court - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to take passport photographs and to charge a reasonable fee for such service. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 641"
citation: "Tennessee SB 641 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clerks", "Court"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/823411c3-738c-439f-b00d-334eb462bbea"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0641&GA=111"
source_hash: "a4742a7100c4f53c266542fff279688df7a546c37c1cb76a64d8400a536b9ea3"
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 641 (111) — Clerks, Court - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to take passport photographs and to charge a reasonable fee for such service. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0337.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0334.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0641.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/2/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third consideration 4/24/2019 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelsey — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0337) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0334)
- **2019-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 344
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 344
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/823411c3-738c-439f-b00d-334eb462bbea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).