republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-1237.md

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Bill	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - 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.	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - 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.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	SB 1237	Tennessee SB 1237 (114)	bill	Bail Bail Bonds	enacted	Haile	3	25	4	2025-02-06	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4421cb7a-d2bd-4e13-bc21-e6142901cd51	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1237&ga=114	634731b93a59d38eb7e8cef065d4670d741cf742b8513a8798522e316a8228cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1237 (114) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - 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 HA0362 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0144 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/17/2025 Passed (1) — 30–1 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/18/2025 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (2) — 29–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Haile — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
• 2025-03-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
• 2025-03-18 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2025-03-19 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025
• 2025-03-31 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-31 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2025-03-31 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 1 passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0144)
• 2025-04-03 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2025-04-15 Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 4 passage
• 2025-04-15 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0362) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-15 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2025-04-16 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0362) passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-22 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2025-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-05 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
• 2025-05-13 Pub. Ch. 396

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4421cb7a-d2bd-4e13-bc21-e6142901cd51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).