2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0748: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 17, Chapter 3, relative to municipal courts.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, increases from $1.00 to $2.00 the amount of funds from the court costs collected in municipal court cases that must be forwarded by the municipal court clerk to the state treasurer for deposit and credited to the account for the administrative office of the courts for the sole purpose of defraying the administrative director's expenses in providing training and continuing education courses for municipal court judges and municipal court clerks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 17, Chapter 3.

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Bill History

2/3/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Ref. to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Placed behind the budget
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2025
House of Representatives
4/21/2025
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
House of Representatives
4/21/2025
H. Placed on Regular Calendar 4/22/2025
House of Representatives
4/22/2025
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2025
11
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
4/17/2025
27
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/8/2025
19
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
4/2/2025
6
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/3/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Lee Reeves
Lee Reeves
Republican

Documents

Draft
Bill Text2/5/20257.6 KB
Draft
Bill Text2/3/20257.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/8/2025126.5 KB