---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, expands the reporting requirements for the annual civil asset forfeiture report provided by the department of safety to certain committees of the general assembly; revises other provisions related to civil asset forfeiture. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2."
description: "Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, expands the reporting requirements for the annual civil asset forfeiture report provided by the department of safety to certain committees of the general assembly; revises other provisions related to civil asset forfeiture. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 644"
citation: "Tennessee SB 644 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forfeiture of Assets"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/120286cf-fb1b-4634-aa91-6b7fd148a2c5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0644&GA=110"
source_hash: "fe950dfa32eaea8c0020ac0d2cbda265d6b9c01a47242167ac71bdc7795cdc48"
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 644 (110) — Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, expands the reporting requirements for the annual civil asset forfeiture report provided by the department of safety to certain committees of the general assembly; revises other provisions related to civil asset forfeiture. - Amends TCA 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/SB0644.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 3 5/10/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/11/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 4 5/10/2017 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (2) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee-- Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0433)
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0432)
- **2017-04-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to next calendar
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA0647) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0514) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0319) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0318) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0514) `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 4 - HA0647) `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 441
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 05/25/2017; 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 441

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/120286cf-fb1b-4634-aa91-6b7fd148a2c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).