HB 2374 Tennessee 114 session
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it is on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the defendant has not been placed on the available state or federal list or database within five business days of the entering agency's receipt of the bench warrant or capias. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action May 26, 2026
Pub. Ch. 1026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Pub. Ch. 1026
- Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- Signed by Governor.
- Transmitted to Governor for his action.
- Signed by Senate Speaker
- Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- Signed by H. Speaker
- Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 33, Nayes 0
- Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 83, Nays 1, PNV 4
- H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- Conference Committee appointed. (Haile, Hatcher, Lamar)
- Senate refused to recede from amendment
- H. Placed on Message Calendar 3 for 4-16-26
- H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
- Conf. comm. appointed. (Rep. Scarbrough, Atchley, Hemmer, Doggett)
- Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1
- Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- H. Placed on Message Calendar
- Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
- Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0912)
- Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0
- Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
- Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
- Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
- Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Intro., P1C.
- Filed for introduction