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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: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body; requires a district attorney general receiving funding to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 40."
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description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body; requires a district attorney general receiving funding to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 40."
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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 547"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 547 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/832e395e-d23d-4085-83cc-3e5f84856535"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0547&ga=114"
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source_hash: "f6e6b2c0309a41214a974f17c9b344a0d6ff5a675b24e5405d276c6c0c8f888e"
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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 547 (114) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body; requires a district attorney general receiving funding to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 40.
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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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0547.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2025 Passed (1) — **73–23** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stevens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
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- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
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- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 23, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
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- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 369
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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/832e395e-d23d-4085-83cc-3e5f84856535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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