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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more elements of the offense are committed in different counties, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more elements of the offense are committed in different counties, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Tennessee HB 78 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail", "Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aad49a8a-ffdc-4dc1-b068-35723396bd3b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0078&ga=114"
source_hash: "737197db1f759d4f8aa237f8545b31a6e39c4b7354dcb7e6d795fabaaf2e572c"
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 78 (114) — Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more elements of the offense are committed in different counties, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0038** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0038.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0203.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0078.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/26/2025 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed — **210** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/3/2025 Passed (1) — **281** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2025 Passed — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-19** Meeting Canceled
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-17** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2025-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0038) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0203)
- **2025-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 188
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aad49a8a-ffdc-4dc1-b068-35723396bd3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).