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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 680"
citation: "Tennessee SB 680 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Helton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89a78c01-b3b3-477a-aa71-757f67202bf3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0680&GA=111"
source_hash: "67e2a87c9e47bf334dc869783685d62873a8e5e7abd3ca95efc343c4931d694f"
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 680 (111) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.
## 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/111/Bill/SB0680.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **912** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Helton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 105
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/11/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 105
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89a78c01-b3b3-477a-aa71-757f67202bf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).