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Bill Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes general sessions and criminal court judges statewide to suspend court costs and litigation tax for indigent defendants; authorizes court clerk to implement community service program in lieu of full payment of court costs and litigation taxes for indigent defendants, if county legislative body approves such a program. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Title 40, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6. Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes general sessions and criminal court judges statewide to suspend court costs and litigation tax for indigent defendants; authorizes court clerk to implement community service program in lieu of full payment of court costs and litigation taxes for indigent defendants, if county legislative body approves such a program. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Title 40, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 HB 1479 Tennessee HB 1479 (110)
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Tennessee HB 1479 (110) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes general sessions and criminal court judges statewide to suspend court costs and litigation tax for indigent defendants; authorizes court clerk to implement community service program in lieu of full payment of court costs and litigation taxes for indigent defendants, if county legislative body approves such a program. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Title 40, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/23/2018 Passed — 60 (pass) · lower
  • CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/7/2018 2/1/2018 (1) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — 270 (fail) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/7/2018 PASSED — 970 (fail) · lower
  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/31/2018 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Briggs — primary (person)
  • Dunn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2018-01-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-11 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-01-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2018-01-16 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2018-01-17 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/23/2018
  • 2018-01-17 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2018-01-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-01-24 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 1/31/2018
  • 2018-01-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-01-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2018
  • 2018-01-31 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/7/2018
  • 2018-02-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2018-02-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-07 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2018-02-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0665) amendment-passage
  • 2018-02-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
  • 2018-02-08 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2018-02-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2018-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/22/2018
  • 2018-02-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 passage
  • 2018-02-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0584)
  • 2018-02-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2018-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-22 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2018-02-23 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2018-02-26 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2018-02-27 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2018-02-27 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2018-03-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-03-13 Pub. Ch. 542
  • 2018-03-13 Effective date(s) 03/09/2018
  • 2018-03-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 542

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/013a7ea9-fd47-4b5a-b91a-5e02afaf70c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).