---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding bounty hunters. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding bounty hunters. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1543 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fec919c4-dea4-4aba-bd3c-180d5a61f68e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1543&GA=110"
source_hash: "1eecde45ea56332f2302587e49f8f92151937f63e02bddfb937bebc5b389dbcd"
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 1543 (110) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding bounty hunters. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1543.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **88–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/6/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-19** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0885) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0936)
- **2018-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 826
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 826

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fec919c4-dea4-4aba-bd3c-180d5a61f68e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).