SENATE BILL 481 By Bowling HOUSE BILL 1229 By Lafferty HB1229 001591 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 33, relative to forfeiture. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-33-206, is amended by deleting subsection (b). SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-33-205(a), is amended by deleting the language "cost bond or". SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to seizures occurring on or after that date.