---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bonding, Surety and Professional - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8."
description: "Bonding, Surety and Professional - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 576"
citation: "Tennessee HB 576 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonding", "Surety and Professional"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doggett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df21757-d74d-493a-8c57-34f4f73bf295"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0576&ga=114"
source_hash: "f121b3ec2d7dec7c7f30c9441a1f60e1092e883ded79b2e4bae3f40dfd8ef43e"
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 576 (114) — Bonding, Surety and Professional - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0384.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0498.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0209.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0405.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0576.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **22–8** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/9/2025 Passed — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2025 Passed — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/26/2025 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **83–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doggett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Ref. to Judiciary Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 8 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0405)
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0209)
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0498) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0384) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2025, 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 491

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df21757-d74d-493a-8c57-34f4f73bf295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).