SB 2462

Present law requires each district attorney general to provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, speaker of the senate, chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representativ es, chair of the judiciary committee of the senate, and district attorneys general conference, and make such report available to the public upon request. The report must contain, at a minimum, for the previous year, all of the following aggregate, non-pe rs onally identifying information, categorized by offense:  Arrests made and offenses referred.  The number of indictments filed.  The number of cases transferred to another law enforcement entity.  The number of cases in which an indictment was sought for an individual and the indictment was for an offense other than the offense for which the individual was originally arrested.  The number of each disposition entered by a court. This bill removes that such information is required in the report, and requires, instead, that all of the following information is included in the report:  The number of indictments filed.  The number of cases transferred to a district attorney general pro tem, who, generally, is appointed by a court to act as a district attorney general when such is unavailable.  The number of each disposition entered by a criminal or circuit court in that district attorney general's judicial district. This bill does not require a district attorney general to use any designated system, whether physical or digital, to maintain the data to be reported. A district attorney general may collect the required data in the way that best fits the design of the d istrict attorney general's local criminal justice systems. This bill requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide each district attorney general and the district attorneys general conference direct, and unlimited access, to the clerk's case management or repor ting system for the purposes of complying with the duty to collect, analyze, and report data on the information required. The clerk must cooperate with each district attorney general and the district attorneys general conference and provide all data and in formation upon request. This bill requires the same of the clerks for the district attorneys general conference to compile a statewide report summarizing the information provided by each district attorney general, as required by present law. PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN U.S. CHARGED OR CONVICTED IN TENNESSEE Present law requires the district attorneys general conference to collect and analyze data from law enforcement agencies on the number of persons not lawfully present in the United States charged or convicted of a criminal offense in this state during the previous year. However, the requirement is repealed July 1, 2032. This bill removes the repeal. This bill further requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct, and unlimited access, to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purpos es of complying with the duty to collect and analyze such data. The clerk must cooperate with the district attorneys general conference and provide all data and information upon request. ON APRIL 20, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2466, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, require the clerks of all courts exercising criminal jurisdiction within this state to provide to the district attorneys general conference such data and information as is reasonably necessary to enable the con ference to comply with the reporting requirements imposed by present law. Such clerks must also provide the same to the district attorney general in the clerk's judicial district to enable such district attorney general to comply with the reporting requi re ments imposed by present law. A clerk may satisfy such requirements by any of the following methods:  Providing the required data in Microsoft Excel format or other tabulated spreadsheet format suitable for compilation and analysis.  Providing secure, read-only electronic access through a portal or other technological means sufficient to permit authorized personnel to compile the required data.  Authorizing the clerk's case management system or software provider to furnish the required data directly, including, but not limited to, data generated through the Tennessee court information system (TnCIS) or a successor system. This amendment generally requires the district attorneys general conference to reimburse any reasonable and necessary costs incurred by a clerk in complying with the above. However, the reimbursement must not include compensation for additional personne l hired by the clerk for the purpose of complying with the requirement. This amendment clarifies that the above requirement does not require a clerk to create data that is not otherwise maintained in the ordinary course of business, but only to provide access to or extraction of existing data. ON APRIL 23, 2026, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 2466 FOR SENATE BILL 2462, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2466, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 changes the effective date of this bill from upon becoming a law to July 1, 2026 , for the provisions requiring such clerks to provide the district attorney general in the clerk's judicial district such data and information as is reasonably necessary to enable the district attorney general to comply with the reporting requirements imposed by present law.