| TN | HB2374 | Pass | As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Effective date(s) 05/19/2026 |
| TN | SB2161 | Pass | As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1026 |
| TN | SB1945 | Pass | As enacted, allows the court to temporarily revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail for no more than 10 days pending a bail revocation hearing if the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | HB1980 | Pass | As enacted, allows the court to temporarily revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail for no more than 10 days pending a bail revocation hearing if the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 896 |
| TN | HB1450 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes related to entities seeking to secure the release of a defendant. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-15
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | SB1708 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes related to entities seeking to secure the release of a defendant. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 941 |
| TN | HB1064 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, makes various changes to criminal law, including requiring defendants accused of certain offenses to be subject to a global positioning monitoring system as condition of bail. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Chapte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
Reset on Final cal. 4 of Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| TN | HB2296 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB0033 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a presumption that a defendant should not be released on the defendant’s personal recognizance if the defendant is charged with a felony offense that involved the use or display of a firearm or resulted in the serious bodily...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-30
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 604 |
| TN | SB0218 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a presumption that a defendant should not be released on the defendant’s personal recognizance if the defendant is charged with a felony offense that involved the use or display of a firearm or resulted in the serious bodily...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-30
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | SB1187 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, makes various changes to criminal law, including requiring defendants accused of certain offenses to be subject to a global positioning monitoring system as condition of bail. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Chapte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2665 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB1233 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits a professional bondsman to issue and retain the required receipt for money or other consideration received in a digital format. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1396 | Fail | As introduced, permits a professional bondsman to issue and retain the required receipt for money or other consideration received in a digital format. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-17
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB0650 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a sheriff to accept the surrender of a criminal defendant on pretrial release by a bail bondsman or surety for good cause, pending a hearing by a court with jurisdiction to admit to bail to determine whether there is good caus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1863 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires bondsmen to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day; requires court clerks to fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB1626 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires bondsmen to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day; requires court clerks to fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB0528 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to professional bondsmen and agents of insurance companies making appearance bonds of a criminal nature. - Amends TCA Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 318 |
| TN | SB0464 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to professional bondsmen and agents of insurance companies making appearance bonds of a criminal nature. - Amends TCA Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | HB0785 | Pass | As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in whi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 396 |
| TN | SB1237 | Pass | As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in whi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | HB0580 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes regarding global positioning monitoring and the pretrial release of certain defendants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 253 |
| TN | SB0601 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes regarding global positioning monitoring and the pretrial release of certain defendants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | HB0854 | Pass | As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 262 |
| TN | SB0856 | Pass | As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Effective date(s) 04/24/2025 |
| TN | HB0078 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Effective date(s) 04/11/2025 |
| TN | SB0238 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 188 |
| TN | SB0595 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a sheriff to accept the surrender of a criminal defendant on pretrial release by a bail bondsman or surety for good cause, pending a hearing by a court with jurisdiction to admit to bail to determine whether there is good caus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB0358 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-25
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| TN | SB0388 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
