---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, changes a professional bondsman's capacity with regard to collateral pledged as cash or an item readily converted to cash from 10 times to 15 times. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, changes a professional bondsman's capacity with regard to collateral pledged as cash or an item readily converted to cash from 10 times to 15 times. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Tennessee HB 563 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Rose"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4795036-9de2-4839-87b7-9e52fd9963e7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0563&GA=112"
source_hash: "fa7b3e91d7b8b02acc92db513e36907c03626d65fec42c183c0f46e96454a91e"
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 HB 563 (112) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, changes a professional bondsman's capacity with regard to collateral pledged as cash or an item readily converted to cash from 10 times to 15 times. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0515** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0515.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0530** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0530.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0618.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0563.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (2) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/24/2021 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Deferred to Summer Study
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice Committee
- **2022-01-31** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0515) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0530)
- **2022-03-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0618)
- **2022-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/21/22
- **2022-03-21** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 85, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0563
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 800
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4795036-9de2-4839-87b7-9e52fd9963e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).