republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-2374.md

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Bill	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the defendant has not been placed on the available state or federal list or database within five business days of the entering agency's receipt of the bench warrant or capias. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the defendant has not been placed on the available state or federal list or database within five business days of the entering agency's receipt of the bench warrant or capias. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 2374	Tennessee HB 2374 (114)	bill	Bail Bail Bonds	enacted	Doggett	2	38	7	2026-02-02	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/22d095c6-b0f9-4e36-a87e-a939ab86e741	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2374&ga=114	803e45dcb65c455617f1a0530b6c687bb94d04f3a3c422f941c477cd6cd28264	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2374 (114) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the defendant has not been placed on the available state or federal list or database within five business days of the entering agency's receipt of the bench warrant or capias. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0912 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 4/2/2026 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 83–1 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (2) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (2) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (4) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (5) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Doggett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2026-02-05 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
• 2026-03-18 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
• 2026-03-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
• 2026-03-25 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
• 2026-04-01 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
• 2026-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2026-04-01 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
• 2026-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2026-04-06 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2026-04-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0912)
• 2026-04-09 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2026-04-09 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2026-04-13 H. Placed on Message Calendar
• 2026-04-14 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
• 2026-04-14 H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1
• 2026-04-15 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
• 2026-04-16 Conf. comm. appointed. (Rep. Scarbrough, Atchley, Hemmer, Doggett)
• 2026-04-16 H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
• 2026-04-16 H. Placed on Message Calendar 3 for 4-16-26
• 2026-04-16 Senate refused to recede from amendment
• 2026-04-20 Conference Committee appointed. (Haile, Hatcher, Lamar)
• 2026-04-21 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
• 2026-04-22 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 83, Nays 1, PNV 4
• 2026-04-23 Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 33, Nayes 0
• 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2026-04-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
• 2026-05-26 Pub. Ch. 1026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22d095c6-b0f9-4e36-a87e-a939ab86e741. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).