---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a defendant charged with certain offenses from being released on the defendant's personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured bond. - Amends TCA Title 40."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a defendant charged with certain offenses from being released on the defendant's personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured bond. - Amends TCA Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 920"
citation: "Tennessee HB 920 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scarbrough"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5dc5868-693a-4f59-a085-2ef3c823efd9"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0920&ga=114"
source_hash: "2b7f98e7636deca03ef8d1c08458fb5f456120e3173c1c8c673657781063283a"
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 920 (114) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a defendant charged with certain offenses from being released on the defendant's personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured bond. - Amends TCA Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1056** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1056.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0997** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0997.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0920.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **78–13** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (2) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (5) — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scarbrough — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-03-04** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-10** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 13, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1056) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0997)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 933

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5dc5868-693a-4f59-a085-2ef3c823efd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).