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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to increase the victims assistance assessment from $45 to $125, with the first $15 of each assessment being paid to the court clerk for processing and handling and the remaining amount being transmitted to the county in which the offense occurred for the exclusive use of the victims assistance program previously designated by the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-109."
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description: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to increase the victims assistance assessment from $45 to $125, with the first $15 of each assessment being paid to the court clerk for processing and handling and the remaining amount being transmitted to the county in which the offense occurred for the exclusive use of the victims assistance program previously designated by the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-109."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 2085"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2085 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Victims' Rights"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c460b95-5e31-40ab-9b34-52c8dab57a0f"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2085&ga=114"
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source_hash: "c9cb933a7495adefc6dacc4f100a4a9633bf4d741deb3b15b0ea3d603ad04174"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 2085 (114) — Victims' Rights - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to increase the victims assistance assessment from $45 to $125, with the first $15 of each assessment being paid to the court clerk for processing and handling and the remaining amount being transmitted to the county in which the offense occurred for the exclusive use of the victims assistance program previously designated by the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-109.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0971** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0971.pdf)
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2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2085.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2026 Passed — **29–3** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **77–16** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/31/2026 Passed (1) — **8–3** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (2) — **80–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
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- **2026-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
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- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/31/2026
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- **2026-03-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2026
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- **2026-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2026-04-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0971) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2026
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- **2026-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-23** H. Am. 1 reconsidered, withdrawn.
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- **2026-04-23** Motion to reconsider adopted.
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- **2026-04-23** Motion to lift from table adopted.
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- **2026-04-23** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
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- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1115
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c460b95-5e31-40ab-9b34-52c8dab57a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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