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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 916
HOUSE BILL NO. 1986
By Representative Grills
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1804
By Senators Jackson, Walley, Pody
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 41, relative to inmates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-25-129(a)(3), is amended by
adding the following as a new subdivision:
(C) A county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution under this
subdivision (a)(3) shall provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the
department of correction. Within sixty (60) days of receiving an invoice pursuant to this
subdivision (a)(3)(C), the department shall pay the amount of the invoiced expenses
permitted by law to the county.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1986
PASSED: April 14, 2026
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RANDY MCNAl!LY
EAKER OF THE SENATE
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