---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - As enacted, requires the clerks of the criminal courts to provide the Tennessee sheriffs' association with all court data necessary for the administration of the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 40 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6."
description: "Courts - As enacted, requires the clerks of the criminal courts to provide the Tennessee sheriffs' association with all court data necessary for the administration of the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 40 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2221"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2221 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44e9af1-c7db-40bf-84f6-f90965fcae1f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2221&ga=114"
source_hash: "770a4e29805036015c381c49a0590ccf94cf3c817f4674884d8806c1b8b4bfd2"
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 2221 (114) — Courts - As enacted, requires the clerks of the criminal courts to provide the Tennessee sheriffs' association with all court data necessary for the administration of the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 40 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0975** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0975.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0825** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0825.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2221.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sherrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-03-04** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0825)
- **2026-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0975) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 882

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b44e9af1-c7db-40bf-84f6-f90965fcae1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).