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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, prohibits forfeiture of a bond against a surety, and inclusion of the bond in the calculation of a professional bondsman's capacity, solvency, or otherwise negatively impacting the surety, after the bond has been active and in effect for three years and the state has failed to seek an original indictment before a grand jury against the defendant covered by the bond. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, prohibits forfeiture of a bond against a surety, and inclusion of the bond in the calculation of a professional bondsman's capacity, solvency, or otherwise negatively impacting the surety, after the bond has been active and in effect for three years and the state has failed to seek an original indictment before a grand jury against the defendant covered by the bond. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "Tennessee HB 189 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Kyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec02556e-7002-4b17-b381-adea3fce1041"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0189&GA=110"
source_hash: "0f97c6be2ad6f4d32b7beecd2ebb8049b8a83688505ee49bc875dd183f77cb70"
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 189 (110) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, prohibits forfeiture of a bond against a surety, and inclusion of the bond in the calculation of a professional bondsman's capacity, solvency, or otherwise negatively impacting the surety, after the bond has been active and in effect for three years and the state has failed to seek an original indictment before a grand jury against the defendant covered by the bond. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0189.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017 4/20/2017 — **00** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2017 (1) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/14/2017 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- DeBerry — primary (person)
- Kyle — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0417)
- **2017-04-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0148) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 262
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 262
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec02556e-7002-4b17-b381-adea3fce1041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).