republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires bounty hunters to wear clothing that clearly identifies the person as a bounty hunter and prominently displays the words \"bounty hunter\" any time a bounty hunter is engaged in the functions of bounty hunting. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 11."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires bounty hunters to wear clothing that clearly identifies the person as a bounty hunter and prominently displays the words \"bounty hunter\" any time a bounty hunter is engaged in the functions of bounty hunting. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2039"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2039 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Tate"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05fec28a-0687-4c4c-b01a-8e8b555fa1d0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2039&GA=110"
source_hash: "3e4badb2f874bc6f843cdc8cf05900524d5aec00cb05a23695f609dee74c9c04"
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 2039 (110) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires bounty hunters to wear clothing that clearly identifies the person as a bounty hunter and prominently displays the words "bounty hunter" any time a bounty hunter is engaged in the functions of bounty hunting. - Amends TCA Title 39 and 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/HB2039.pdf)

## Votes

- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/13/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **88–1** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **25–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeBerry — primary (person)
- Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0960) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1068)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 885
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 885

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05fec28a-0687-4c4c-b01a-8e8b555fa1d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).