republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2304.md

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Bill	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear, to be placed on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 business days of the defendant's failure to appear; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142.	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear, to be placed on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 business days of the defendant's failure to appear; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2304	Tennessee SB 2304 (113)	bill	Bail Bail Bonds	enacted	Gardenhire	4	30	3	2024-01-30	2024-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/120751f1-516b-4f80-98ac-14ac78234b18	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2304&GA=113	994de49529e85a9e01e9328dc779e30f54e72ea1d876b9aa7b106360bdfcfc05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2304 (113) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear, to be placed on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 business days of the defendant's failure to appear; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA1021 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0525 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0967 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 92–1 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2024 Passed — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-19 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-19 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-20 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-26 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
• 2024-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
• 2024-04-01 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-01 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-04-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2024
• 2024-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-11 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-11 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0967)
• 2024-04-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0525)
• 2024-04-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 3 passage
• 2024-04-24 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1021) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-24 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-29 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-15 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-16 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-31 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-31 Pub. Ch. 1048

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/120751f1-516b-4f80-98ac-14ac78234b18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).