republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2561.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Institutions - As enacted, requires, if a written request is made jointly by the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general related to policies and strategies related to cash bail, unless such contract or memorandum of understanding is required by statute, to disclose to the speakers the list of persons or entities that have donated to the nonprofit organization in the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Charitable Institutions - As enacted, requires, if a written request is made jointly by the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general related to policies and strategies related to cash bail, unless such contract or memorandum of understanding is required by statute, to disclose to the speakers the list of persons or entities that have donated to the nonprofit organization in the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2561"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2561 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb81add8-3967-45a4-b87a-d2e7b5db14b2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2561&GA=113"
source_hash: "a5d7bd393a53cbb5eb08666fba4ade01338bf16c6a8656ac5b3d1ab6e8c47a9a"
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 SB 2561 (113) — Charitable Institutions - As enacted, requires, if a written request is made jointly by the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general related to policies and strategies related to cash bail, unless such contract or memorandum of understanding is required by statute, to disclose to the speakers the list of persons or entities that have donated to the nonprofit organization in the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0914** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0914.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0539** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0539.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2561.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 2/20/2024 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/11/2024 Passed — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed (2) — **74–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2024-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0539)
- **2024-02-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0914) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 4 (Amendment 1 - HA0914) `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-09** Pub. Ch. 816

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb81add8-3967-45a4-b87a-d2e7b5db14b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).