Tennessee · Senate Bill 295 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 11, relative to the release of defendants.

  1. Introduced Jan 20, 2023
  2. In committee Jan 24, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Bail, Bail Bonds - 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 appear; declares a surety is not liable for any undertaking if the defendant was not placed on a list or database as required; makes various other changes regarding liability of a surety and bail. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled for introduction
  2. SenateIntroduced, Passed on First Consideration
  3. CommitteePassed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee · Senate Judiciary Committee
  4. SenateWithdrawn.

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.