---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - 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."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 464"
citation: "Tennessee SB 464 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ae3d0a9-aee8-43bc-98b7-232cb4c24add"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0464&ga=114"
source_hash: "081ff4b3610bc1057eeb5c58348099f57e07b42327e2fd583d348cfbc358fb91"
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 464 (114) — Bail, Bail Bonds - 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0372** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0372.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0398** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0398.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0464.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (2) — **70–24** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **71–23** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/8/2025 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0398)
- **2025-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0372) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 318

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ae3d0a9-aee8-43bc-98b7-232cb4c24add`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).