---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Attorneys - As enacted, eliminates the fraud and economic crimes fees and assessments in criminal prosecutions for counties that have enacted a $12.50 court cost to be used for supplemental funding for the district attorney general's office; requires existing funds in fraud and economic crimes prosecution fund to be remitted back to the county government of original assessment and collection. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 3."
description: "District Attorneys - As enacted, eliminates the fraud and economic crimes fees and assessments in criminal prosecutions for counties that have enacted a $12.50 court cost to be used for supplemental funding for the district attorney general's office; requires existing funds in fraud and economic crimes prosecution fund to be remitted back to the county government of original assessment and collection. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2491"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2491 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["District Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae797e3f-efb8-4de2-9c71-758cf2ffe7d4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2491&ga=114"
source_hash: "16600aeae6232046136facec479d4794096ff1e40efcfd8314af6a0e96228fd9"
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 HB 2491 (114) — District Attorneys - As enacted, eliminates the fraud and economic crimes fees and assessments in criminal prosecutions for counties that have enacted a $12.50 court cost to be used for supplemental funding for the district attorney general's office; requires existing funds in fraud and economic crimes prosecution fund to be remitted back to the county government of original assessment and collection. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2491.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (6) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (5) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (2) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-04** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1033

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae797e3f-efb8-4de2-9c71-758cf2ffe7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).