---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises present law concerning court clerks' fees. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 18; Title 55 and Title 67."
description: "Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises present law concerning court clerks' fees. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 18; Title 55 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Tennessee HB 487 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clerks", "Court"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff75799-989a-4e36-946a-63a2b56b5a0d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0487&ga=114"
source_hash: "d386bcf98d2924553e188e529b3621ddca77bd2a0e21baa917c7c6989892a772"
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 487 (114) — Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises present law concerning court clerks' fees. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 18; Title 55 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0381.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0356.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0487.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/2/2025 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **82–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2025 Passed (4) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2025 Passed (5) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (2) — **69–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 4/15/2025 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/9/2025 Passed (6) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0381) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0356)
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 486

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ff75799-989a-4e36-946a-63a2b56b5a0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).