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

SB 1845: Clerks, Court - As enacted, requires a person ordered to use an ignition interlock device to provide the clerk of the court with documentation showing qualifications for certain assistance on the date the person was ordered to use the device to show need to participate in the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1845 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Clerks, Court - As enacted, requires a person ordered to use an ignition interlock device to provide the clerk of the court with documentation showing qualifications for certain assistance on the date the person was ordered to use the device to show need to participate in the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419. Primary sponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 30, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 627.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom HatcherPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 627
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Companion House Bill substituted
  4. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026
  5. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  6. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
  7. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  9. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source