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SB1089 • 2026

Courts, Municipal

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 17, Chapter 3, relative to municipal courts.

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Sponsor
Johnson, Reeves
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details about specific limits on additional funds collection beyond what is stated.

Increasing Court Costs for Municipal Training

This bill changes how much money from court costs in municipal cases goes to the state treasurer, increasing it from $1.00 to $2.00 per case to fund training and education for judges and clerks.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the amount of money that must be sent from municipal courts to the state treasurer from $1.00 to $2.00 per case.
  • Requires these funds to go into a special account managed by the administrative office of the courts for training and continuing education courses for municipal court judges and clerks.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Municipal court clerks who collect fees from cases and send them to the state treasurer.
  • The administrative director responsible for providing training and education courses.

Terms To Know

Administrative Office of the Courts
A part of Tennessee's government that helps manage court operations, including training judges and clerks.
Municipal Court
A local court in a city or town that handles minor legal issues like traffic violations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the additional funds will be used beyond training and education.
  • It is unclear if there are any limits on how much more money can be collected from court cases in the future.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

  2. 2025-05-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 459

  3. 2025-05-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 459

  4. 2025-05-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-05-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-04-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-04-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  8. 2025-04-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 19, PNV 0

  10. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  11. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  12. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0

  13. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  14. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/22/2025

  15. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  16. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar 4/22/2025

  17. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Objected to on Consent Calendar.

  18. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  19. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2025

  20. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025

  21. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  22. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  23. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025

  24. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  25. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  26. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  27. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  28. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  29. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  30. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  31. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  32. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025

  33. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee

  34. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  35. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025

  36. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  37. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  38. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

  39. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  40. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025

  41. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  42. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025

  43. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  44. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  45. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

  46. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Judiciary Committee

  47. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  48. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  49. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  50. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  51. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 748
By Reeves

SENATE BILL 1089
By Johnson

SB1089
002504
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16,
Chapter 18 and Title 17, Chapter 3, relative to
municipal courts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-18-304(a), is amended by
deleting "one dollar ($1.00)" and substituting "two dollars ($2.00)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.