| TN | SB2566 | Pass | As enacted, requires any conditions of release imposed on certain felony defendants to include a requirement that the defendant submit to pretrial monitoring to ensure compliance with the conditions; requires the court to order bail to be forfeited a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | SB2304 | Pass | As enacted, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear, t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | SB1480 | Pass | As enacted, requires an officer to provide an alleged victim of certain criminal offenses with a document notifying the victim of the global positioning monitoring system used as a condition of bail. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 969 |
| TN | SB2565 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/01/2024 |
| TN | SB2564 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of violation of a condition of release; allows arrest without a warrant of a person committing the offense of violation of a condition of release; requires the violation of a condition of release t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2562 | Pass | As enacted, revises various provisions regarding pretrial release of a defendant charged with a criminal offense to require the magistrate to give first consideration to ensuring the safety of the community when determining whether to impose conditio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 612 |
| TN | SB2695 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces the offenses for which a defendant must be placed on a state or federal list as a fugitive for failure to appear in court from all felonies and Class A or Class B misdemeanors that are violent or sexual in nature to only feloni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2567 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits the release of a person charged with a Class A or B felony on their own recognizance; requires a magistrate to set bail for a person charged with a Class A felony at $20,000 or more and for a person charged with a Class B fel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2679 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a clerk of court from accepting a cash bail deposit presented by a charitable bail organization on behalf of a defendant; excludes a person soliciting donations with respect to a defendant who is related to the person by bloo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2412 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires defendants charged with certain offenses to wear a global positioning monitoring system device if the defendant is released on the person's personal recognizance, upon the execution of an unsecured bond, or on bail. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2252 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a court, magistrate, or clerk from requiring a corporate surety that is regulated by the department of commerce and insurance to post any additional deposit of security with the court in addition to a bail bond; authorizes a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB7028 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a bail hearing, which must be open to the public, before a defendant who has been arrested or held to answer for a bailable offense may be admitted to bail. - Amends TCA Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB0932 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law relative to admission to bail. - Amends TCA Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 362 |
| TN | SB0418 | Pass | As enacted, requires the court to place a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0101 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a magistrate to order a defendant charged with the offense of aggravated assault or assault of a first responder that involves strangulation of the victim to post bail to reasonably ensure the appearance of the defendant as re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB0524 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, conditions release on own recognizance of persons charged with Class A or B felony on approval of a trial court judge. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Calendar Committee |
| TN | SB0931 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that any order releasing a criminal defendant who has been charged with a capital offense be made by an elected judge, instead of a magistrate, and that any such order be supported by findings that are entered into the court r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-31
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB0563 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that bail or release of persons charged with certain criminal offenses be determined by a trial court judge. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB0295 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, specifies that a defendant who is charged with certain offenses and fails to appear or is charged with failure to appear must be placed on any available list or database as a fugitive from justice within 10 days of the failure to appea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB0354 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, lowers from two to one, the number of sureties required to sign a deed of trust, along with the defendant, when the defendant is seeking to secure a bail bond by real estate. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8; Title 39 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
