republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-680.md

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Bill	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 680	Tennessee SB 680 (111)	bill	Bail Bail Bonds	enacted	Gardenhire Helton	1	35	8	2019-02-05	2019-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/89a78c01-b3b3-477a-aa71-757f67202bf3	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0680&GA=111	67e2a87c9e47bf334dc869783685d62873a8e5e7abd3ca95efc343c4931d694f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 680 (111) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 91–2 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)
• Helton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-27 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-06 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/25/2019
• 2019-03-25 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 105
• 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 04/11/2019
• 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 105

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89a78c01-b3b3-477a-aa71-757f67202bf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).