---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit use of civil asset forfeiture proceeds by local law enforcement agencies and judicial district drug task forces during regular audit of local government; requires department of safety to publish uses of forfeiture proceeds by department and results of comptroller's audit on department's website. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4 and Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2."
description: "Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit use of civil asset forfeiture proceeds by local law enforcement agencies and judicial district drug task forces during regular audit of local government; requires department of safety to publish uses of forfeiture proceeds by department and results of comptroller's audit on department's website. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4 and Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2143"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2143 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forfeiture of Assets"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Hill T"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cafa6d29-9c4b-4d47-942e-06ac87c74f81"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2143&GA=110"
source_hash: "23a68a1d0fed8c986238e08743c6d7e264847a0c16ca40691096ad12da0a1ba3"
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 2143 (110) — Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit use of civil asset forfeiture proceeds by local law enforcement agencies and judicial district drug task forces during regular audit of local government; requires department of safety to publish uses of forfeiture proceeds by department and results of comptroller's audit on department's website. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4 and Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2.

## 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/HB2143.pdf)

## Votes

- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/10/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/7/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018 4/18/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/18/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Hill T — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee-- Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0947) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 999
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 999
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018; 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cafa6d29-9c4b-4d47-942e-06ac87c74f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).