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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, deletes requirement that an affidavit of a jailer, warden, or officer be furnished to a court to avoid forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond and instead declares that no forfeiture or conditional forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond shall be rendered where evidence of the defendant's incarceration is furnished to the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-201."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, deletes requirement that an affidavit of a jailer, warden, or officer be furnished to a court to avoid forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond and instead declares that no forfeiture or conditional forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond shall be rendered where evidence of the defendant's incarceration is furnished to the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-201."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "Tennessee SB 391 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Gravitt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccce5995-ee92-4838-9456-f798d2a78b45"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0391&GA=110"
source_hash: "138e564524e08a449d71ad4366557913e32b672eef3d20c357df812030defa50"
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 SB 391 (110) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, deletes requirement that an affidavit of a jailer, warden, or officer be furnished to a court to avoid forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond and instead declares that no forfeiture or conditional forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond shall be rendered where evidence of the defendant's incarceration is furnished to the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-201.
## 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/SB0391.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/15/2017 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Gravitt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
- **2017-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 100
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 100
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/04/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccce5995-ee92-4838-9456-f798d2a78b45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).