---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution to provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the department; requires, within 60 days of receiving an invoice, the department to pay the amount of the invoiced expenses permitted by law to the county. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution to provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the department; requires, within 60 days of receiving an invoice, the department to pay the amount of the invoiced expenses permitted by law to the county. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1986"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1986 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correction", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe22563-0886-4398-b6fb-fa23c7897b90"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1986&ga=114"
source_hash: "ef45a2faae7506399606a70d41c32168b0ff85a383cc8b183fe0293eab3fe507"
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 1986 (114) — Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution to provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the department; requires, within 60 days of receiving an invoice, the department to pay the amount of the invoiced expenses permitted by law to the county. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0790** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0790.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0954** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0954.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1986.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026 3/26/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/17/2026 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0790) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0954)
- **2026-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 916

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfe22563-0886-4398-b6fb-fa23c7897b90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).