Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the Tennessee General Assembly, fetched 2026-09-25. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. This is the chaptered version. The official bill page.
..• ...
e
~
e••e•••e
Stam ef J emiesse.e
PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 396
SENATE BILL NO. 1237
By Haile; Mr. Speaker McNally; Powers
Substituted for: House Bill No. 785
By Howell; Mr. Speaker Sexton; Farmer
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41;
Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to bail bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 3, is amended by adding
the following new section:
40-11-314.
(a) Beginning October 25, 2025, every professional bondsman licensed to do business
in this state shall file a quarterly report, not later than January 25, April 25, July 25, and October
25 of each year, with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by
the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which
the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county.
(b) Beginning October 25, 2025, each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail
pursuant to part 1 of this chapter shall file a quarterly report, not later than January 25, April
25, July 25, and October 25 of each year, with the department of revenue detailing the total
number of bonds accepted by the clerk from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds
accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter.
(c) The department of revenue may use the reports received from the bondsmen and
court clerks to complete audits on the bail bonding tax required by§ 67-4-803.
(d) Notwithstanding§ 40-11-312, the failure to submit a report required by this section
is not a criminal offense.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1237
PASSED: April 17, 2025
RAND
SPEAKER OF 1i
......,.
CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this ~ day of ::(V\a,. '"y 2025
----· VA
BILL LEE, GOVERNOREvery fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.