Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 1097: DUI Offenses - As enacted, requires the state treasurer to deem a person ordered by a court to use a functioning ignition interlock device to be indigent and unable to pay the costs of the device if the person receives funds from the supplemental nutrition assistance, temporary assistance for needy families, or state medicaid program; removes the requirement that a court determine whether a person asserting inability to pay for a functioning ignition interlock device is indigent; revises other provisions relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419.

Enacted Last action April 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 269

Plain-language summary

SB 1097 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: DUI Offenses - As enacted, requires the state treasurer to deem a person ordered by a court to use a functioning ignition interlock device to be indigent and unable to pay the costs of the device if the person receives funds from the supplemental nutrition assistance, temporary assistance for needy families, or state medicaid program; removes the requirement that a court determine whether a person asserting inability to pay for a functioning ignition interlock device is indigent; revises other provisions relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419. Primary sponsor: Stevens. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Pub. Ch. 269.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Stevens.