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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires the court to place a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 days of the defendant's failure to appear; states that a surety is not liable for any undertaking if the defendant has not been placed in such a database within the time required by law. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142."
+description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires the court to place a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 days of the defendant's failure to appear; states that a surety is not liable for any undertaking if the defendant has not been placed in such a database within the time required by law. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "SB 418"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 418 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af3f8dd-952e-4473-88cd-a25eae10a533"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0418&GA=113"
+source_hash: "e20d90eea71de0f4be6272c8187170a554218c7877bc7e15351d523476f85f44"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 418 (113) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires the court to place a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 days of the defendant's failure to appear; states that a surety is not liable for any undertaking if the defendant has not been placed in such a database within the time required by law. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0417** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0417.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0433** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0433.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0418.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **78–14** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gardenhire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2023-01-26** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
+- **2023-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
+- **2023-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023
+- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
+- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
+- **2023-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
+- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
+- **2023-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
+- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
+- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
+- **2023-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
+- **2023-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
+- **2023-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
+- **2023-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2023-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023
+- **2023-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2023-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0433)
+- **2023-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0417) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2023-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2023-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2023-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
+- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 260
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af3f8dd-952e-4473-88cd-a25eae10a533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+