Transportation and Safety

TN - Senator Becky Massey (R)

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TN - Senator Mark Pody (R)

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TN - Senator Brent Taylor (R)

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TN - Senator Paul Bailey (R)

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TN - Senator Janice Bowling (R)

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TN - Senator Richard Briggs (R)

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TN - Senator Heidi Campbell (D)

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TN - Senator Frank Niceley (R)

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TN - Senator Bill Powers (R)

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TN - SB2392 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the report regarding the strategic statewide plan to increase pedestrian safety that is to be submitted by the department on or before February 15, 2024, to be submitted every four years thereafter to the chairs of the transportation committee of the house of representatives and the transportation and safety committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Tit...

TN - SB2421 Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, exempts certain motor vehicles from parking fees at airports in this state if the vehicle displays a disabled veteran or military award license plate. - Amends TCA Section 12-10-109 and Title 42.

TN - SB2087 Driver Licenses - As introduced, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu of bail. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 8.

TN - SB2585 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, creates an offense for possessing or distributing a license plate flipper. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

TN - SB2394 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, increases, from one to two, the number of free plates for the Purple Heart and disabled veteran license plates issued to veterans with disabilities. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-256 and Section 55-4-257.

TN - SB79 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, provides that a commercial driver license issued with a hazardous materials endorsement expires on the date the hazardous materials endorsement authorization expires. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB1125 Traffic Safety - As introduced, increases the maximum speed limit on controlled-access state and interstate highways with four or more lanes to 75 miles per hour, from 70 miles per hour. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB517 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, increases from 10 to 20, the amount of days within the action complained of, that an aggrieved party must make a written request for a formal hearing under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, when the commissioner of revenue issues or refuses to issue a certificate of title, discharges or refuses to discharge a lien, or issues or refuses to issue a replacement certificate of title. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB728 Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to identify locations of state and local government roads in this state where injuries to bicyclists and pedestrians are elevated in comparison to the statewide average. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB402 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes licensed physical therapists to issue certified statements of disability in same manner as physicians for a person's application for a disabled registration plate, decal, or placard. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21.

TN - SB752 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the department to notify the railroad and governmental body affected by an applicant's proposed plan to construct a railroad grade crossing or convert a private crossing to a public crossing, by mail or electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB298 Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes two-wheeled motorcycles to be operated between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane on certain limited access highways and interstate highways when the speed of traffic is 25 miles per hour or less. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB576 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, permits registration plates to be renewed every 24 months instead of 12 months. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 8, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 6.

TN - SB481 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes the department of revenue to provide information about special license plates with a website renewal, send other notifications about these plates by electronic means, and provide information about these plates through other web-based means. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1164 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, increases, from 10 to 12, the number of days an owner of a utility facility, which is located in a state highway right-of-way, has to respond to a second relocation notice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB751 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, deletes an expired provision specifying which highway projects were to benefit from the 1986 gasoline tax increases. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB1045 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on roads and highways in Perry County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

TN - SB1003 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases from 15 to 16, the limitation of cars, which are at least four model years old, sold by a licensed motor vehicle dealer, licensed to sell used motor vehicles, in order for such dealer to not have to obtain an automobile auction license. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 62.

TN - SB894 Driver Licenses - As enacted, exempts a person under 18 years of age who is in custody of the department of children's services or receiving foster care services from payment of fees for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification card. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55.

TN - SB1326 Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, makes changes relative to the board of commissioners for certain airport authorities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5, Chapter 6 and Title 42.

TN - SB1407 Highway Signs - As introduced, renames the portion of the road known as "Rep. John Lewis Way" in Davidson County located between Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Blvd and James Robertson Parkway as "President Donald Trump Boulevard"; requires the alteration of governmental addresses; and removes protections for named streets from the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412 and Title 54.

TN - SB589 Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Eddie Conrad Act," which establishes the number of points to be charged to a person's driving record for violations of driving while using a wireless telecommunications device. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-199.

TN - SB552 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts the "Sergeant Chris Jenkins Law." - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

TN - SB505 Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes the legislative body of a municipality to establish the fine for speeding within a residential zone within its jurisdictional boundaries at $200. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB510 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules pertaining to automobile clubs and associations. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1495 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, extends the period, from 30 days to 45 days, in which an owner of a rental car may furnish information of the person who rented the car when the car received a parking violation in order for the owner to avoid liability for the violation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB572 Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to conduct a study and make recommendations regarding a secure digital license system. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB210 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes, to the extent required by federal law, a vehicle operated by an engine fueled by natural gas or powered primarily by means of electric battery power to exceed vehicle weight limits, up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 82,000 pounds, under criteria similar to the exception provided for vehicles operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.

TN - SB232 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to report on or before February 1, 2024, to the transportation committee of the house of representatives and the transportation and safety committee of the senate on any recommendations for changes that would improve transportation services for passengers with disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 10.

TN - SB2580 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to award money from the state highway fund to local public agencies in exchange for federal aid obligation authority allocated to local public agency road projects, if allowed by federal law and rules. - Amends TCA Title 54.

TN - SB1762 TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing when certain clinical criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - SB1736 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes licensed chiropractic physicians to issue certified statements of disability in the same manner as physicians for a person's application for a disabled registration plate, decal, or placard. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21.

TN - SB1730 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue lien-free salvage certificates of title to a salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3, Part 2.

TN - SB1717 Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires all written driver license examinations to be administered in English only; prohibits use of a translation dictionary, electronic device, or interpreter to assist with the examination. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - SB1713 Driver Licenses - As introduced, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB1808 Driver Licenses - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to issue a driver privilege card or permit that confers the same privileges as a driver license to a person who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - SB1913 Traffic Safety - As introduced, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1976 Disabled Persons - As introduced, replaces references in the Disabled Drivers Law of 1975 to persons "who are permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair" with references to persons "who use a wheelchair because of a permanent incapacity for ambulation". - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1.

TN - SB2027 Labor - As introduced, clarifies that under Title 50, Chapter 2, the term "work" has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947; makes additional changes related to Title 50, Chapter 2. - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SB78 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of transportation to include the anticipated completion dates for projects under construction in the commissioner's quarterly report to the state building commission on the status of road projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB2067 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes issuance of an antique motor vehicle license plate to farm trucks older than 25 years old that are used for certain agricultural or horticultural purposes and not for general transportation. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB864 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, allows county clerks to increase the fees for the service of handling mail orders of plates and decals in an amount not to exceed an applicable United States postal service price increase in a given year. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-105.

TN - SB1413 Highway Signs - As introduced, deletes an obsolete statutory provision regarding the date and time frame in which the commissioner of transportation was to begin promulgating and enforcing rules to implement the Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17 and Title 54, Chapter 21.

TN - SB1655 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires a domestic assault offender who transferred possession of a firearm to a third party in order to dispossess the firearm to submit to the court an affidavit of firearms receipt in which the third party attests that the third party may lawfully possess a firearm, has received the firearm from the defendant, and accepts responsibility for possession of the firearm. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.

TN - SB345 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires the distinctive series of letters and numbers required to be displayed on registration plates to be randomly selected and determined without regard to whether an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle is issued a registration plate that displays the language "In God We Trust." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB257 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, eliminates the disabled license plate fee for a parent or guardian of an individual who is permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair and who does not own or operate a vehicle; discontinues the honorary consular cultural plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.

TN - SB434 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that excessive or unusual noise or annoying smoke can be used to determine whether a muffler is in good working order and in constant operation as required by law; exempts farm tractors or implements of husbandry from this law; adds a defense to prosecution if certain evidence is provided. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-202.

TN - SB201 Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act," which requires drivers to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary vehicle that has flashing hazard lights activated; increases fines for failing to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary emergency, recovery, highway maintenance, solid waste, utility service, or other vehicle that has flashing lights activated. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB273 Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Transportation Modernization Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB1370 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes Class I and II off-highway vehicles to be operated on state highways with a posted speed limit of 55 mph or less. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB584 Advertising - As enacted, deletes the obsolete date on which the commissioner of transportation is required to begin promulgating and enforcing rules necessary to carry out the "Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020"; deletes restrictions on the matters to be governed by such rules. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17 and Title 54, Chapter 21.

TN - SB1281 School Transportation - As enacted, revises present law provisions relative to cameras on school buses and failing to stop upon approaching a school bus that has stopped on the highway. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1354 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the information on its web page accessible for free to any resident in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB1382 Litter Control - As introduced, expands the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of transportation for purposes of addressing litter prevention and control. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 54.

TN - SB1253 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to proceed to initiate the development of a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River and connecting to Arkansas. - Amends TCA Title 54.

TN - SB1006 Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes three- or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or three- or four-wheel off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain roads in Fentress County. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1337 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises law relative to garagekeeper's or towing firm's liens, unclaimed or abandoned vehicles and notification of owners and lienholders, and motor vehicle storage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 66.

TN - SB915 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, prohibits persons engaged in the business of towing motor vehicles by wrecker or otherwise, or storing such motor vehicles, for remuneration from charging the owner or lienholder a storage fee for a period exceeding 21 days without the owner or lienholder's consent unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66.

TN - SB90 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, under certain conditions, authorizes utility task vehicles and Class I and II off-highway vehicles to be operated on state highways with a posted speed limit of 45 mph or less. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1437 Driver Licenses - As enacted, authorizes a minor who is issued a motorcycle learner's permit and who has completed a certified motorcycle education course approved by the department of safety to operate a motorcycle without limitations on the distance from the minor's home if the minor is accompanied by, and under the direct supervision of, a parent or legal guardian who is also operating a motorcycle and who holds a valid motorcycle operator's license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and T...

TN - SB142 Special License Plates - As enacted, reorganizes provisions regarding new specialty earmarked license plates; removes outdated provisions, including the obsolete street rod specialty plate; adds new specialty earmarked license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB437 Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain a centralized record system of reports, investigations, and public information regarding unauthorized immigrants housed or traveling within this state; requires the department to publish certain information on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.

TN - SB260 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, extends from 30 to 60 days the period by which a business entity that maintains a fleet of 200 or more motor vehicles and that has contracted with the department of revenue to provide titling and registration of the vehicle fleet to comply with certificate of title requirements before incurring a delinquency penalty. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 55; Title 57 and Title 65.

TN - SB626 Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, changes the present law that imposes and remits a tax on a person's purchase, use, consumption, or storage of aviation fuel that is used in the operation of an aircraft of a certificated or licensed air carrier with a transportation hub within this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 42 and Title 67.

TN - SB520 Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to traffic-control signals. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB1450 Traffic Safety - As introduced, creates a four-year pilot program, during which drivers and passengers 21 years of age or older are exempt from the requirement to wear a crash helmet while operating or riding on motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, and motorized bicycles, if the person is covered by health or medical insurance other than insurance through TennCare; during the pilot program, makes a violation of the helmet law a secondary offense. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.

TN - SB1357 Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle or trailer transporting a load of logs or pulpwood that protrudes at least four feet beyond the end of the body or bed of the vehicle or trailer to have certain items securely affixed to the end of the projecting load while the vehicle or trailer is loaded with the protruding logs or pulpwood. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55 and Title 65.

TN - SB212 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, increases from 24 months to 36 months the period for which vehicle registrations by businesses that register at least 15,000 vehicles annually and that are engaged in the rental of motor vehicles, trucks, and trailers may be issued; specifies that the fees must be in an amount to offset the revenue that would otherwise be generated by 12-month registration fees. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-104.

TN - SB439 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, removes the condition that the department of transportation first authorize the installation of surveillance cameras on interstates and state highways before such cameras may be operated by law enforcement agencies; authorizes the operation of surveillance cameras by law enforcement agencies on such highways under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38 and Title 55.

TN - SB1473 Railroads - As introduced, requires railroad companies to send to the department of transportation, on an annual basis, a report containing statements of the operations of the company, unless the railroad companies prepare such statements of operations on a monthly or quarterly basis. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 67.

TN - SB144 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, makes various revisions to law relative to designating bridges, highways, and roads. - Amends TCA Title 54.

TN - SB105 Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB2434 Traffic Safety - As introduced, prohibits a person from parking a vehicle upon a road, street, or highway in a residential district in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite the parked vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1678 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, permits an owner or lessee of a motorcycle to receive a disabled decal to affix to a new specialty earmarked, cultural, or other special purpose plate that is authorized for motorcycles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1650 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires approval by the governing body of each local government in which a proposed user fee facility is located prior to development of the facility; removes authority of the department of transportation to expend funds from the transportation modernization fund to develop a user fee facility. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB1593 Special License Plates - As introduced, extends, from 30 days to 45 days, the time frame for an applicant who does not meet the requirements for a Tennessee Sheriffs Association or Fraternal Order of Police license plate to surrender the plate to the county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1582 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires a company providing an extended warranty for a motor vehicle to have an extended warranty reimbursement policy; requires the company to provide a list and schedule of the required maintenance for the motor vehicle that must be followed by the warranty holder to maintain the extended warranty; creates related enforcement mechanisms and penalties. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 24 and Title 56.

TN - SB1594 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to include any change orders in the commissioner's quarterly report submitted to the state building commission regarding the status of road projects. - Amends TCA Title 54.

TN - SB1592 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, adds the office of legislative budget analysis as a recipient of the joint annual report provided by the commissioners of transportation and revenue that summarizes the amount and source of all moneys received and deposited in the transportation equity fund. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB582 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, provides that a civil cause of action exists for an intentional assault upon educational personnel by any person on school grounds or in vehicles owned, leased, or under contract by the LEA and used for transporting students or faculty, even if such assault occurs outside of school hours or school functions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40 and Title 49.

TN - SB2188 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, changes, from August 1 of each year to before July 31 of each year, the date by which the name, address, and telephone number of the person designated to check a bus or vehicle for children at stops under the Tennessee Children with Disabilities Transportation Act must be sent to the appropriate LEA. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 49 and Title 54.

TN - SB729 Election Laws - As introduced, ensures that all full-time residents of nursing homes are entitled to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the county election commission conducts on site voting at the nursing home facility; reduces from 45 to 30 days the period after an election by which a county election commission in a computerized county must forward to the secretary of state the verified names of all voters who participated in the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2914 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the beginning date of each year at which time the department of transportation may reduce the maximum weight of vehicle loads if necessary to protect the streets, roads, highways, or other public thoroughfares from unnecessary injury or damage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 67.

TN - SB2779 Railroads - As introduced, increases from $10 to $25, the minimum fine amount for persons or corporations owning or operating a railroad in this state who violate the requirements to make and furnish good and sufficient crossings on the public highways crossed by them, and to keep such crossings in lawful repair at their own expense. - Amends TCA Title 65.

TN - SB2665 Traffic Safety - As introduced, creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.

TN - SB2771 Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes a county or municipality to hire employees or appoint volunteers to divert vehicular traffic or temporarily close a lane to certain vehicular traffic within a marked school zone during the period of time that it is necessary to provide convenience for vehicles dropping off or picking up students from school; requires warning signs be posted in advance of the school zone. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB2625 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain designated roads and highways in Perry County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

TN - SB2873 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, removes the condition that the department of transportation first authorize the installation of surveillance cameras on interstates and state highways before such cameras may be operated by law enforcement agencies; authorizes the operation of surveillance cameras by law enforcement agencies on such highways under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38 and Title 55.

TN - SB2761 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, adds the date on which construction is anticipated to be completed to the list of information that must be included on the annual report submitted by the department on the status of projects funded by the IMPROVE Act. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 67 and Chapter 181 of the Public Acts of 2017.

TN - SB2917 Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, increases from 10 calendar days to 10 business days, the number of days before a public hearing on an ordinance or resolution creating a regional airport authority by which notice of the public hearing must be given. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 3 and Title 42, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2661 Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires the department of safety to establish and implement a secure digital license system for the issuance of digital driver licenses and photo identification licenses upon request. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - SB2671 Traffic Safety - As introduced, reduces from 30 business days to 30 calendar days, the number of days the department of safety has, following a confirmed death being reported on a crash report, to provide, upon request, a copy of the crash report to the general assembly member in whose district the crash occurred. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB2915 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes proration of the registration fee for freight motor vehicles operated for commercial purposes upon the death of an eligible operator of the freight motor vehicle; requires submission of certain documentation prior to issuance of a refund for the unused portion of the registration fee paid. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2916 Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, changes from 60 days to 75 days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year the time in which the president of the metropolitan airport authority must submit the annual operating budget to the board for approval. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 3 and Title 42, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2845 Driver Licenses - As introduced, changes, when considering enhancements for the offense of driving while privilege canceled, suspended, or revoked, the period of time that may be used to consider prior convictions from within 10 years prior to the immediate violation to from within the revocation period set forth in the original judgment. - Amends TCA Section 55-50-504.

TN - SB2762 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the annual report submitted by the department of transportation on the status of projects funded by the transportation modernization fund be supplemental to, and not in place of, other reports required to be submitted by the department on the status of highway projects. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB2828 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires registration plates for private passenger motor vehicles issued to drivers with disabilities to be issued containing the national motto language. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1996 Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a student pedestrian protection grant program; under certain conditions, authorizes grants to be awarded to local governments for designing, constructing, and repairing sidewalk infrastructure around public schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB2242 Driver Licenses - As introduced, exempts minors from fees for hardship licenses; exempts persons over 18 from fees for issuance and renewal of noncommercial licenses upon submission of documentation showing the person's income falls below the federal poverty level. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB2356 Driver Education - As introduced, requires the department of safety to ensure that any classroom training that is required as a prerequisite to obtaining a Class H or hardship license may be completed online. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - SB2568 Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires the department of safety to redesign temporary driver licenses and permits and temporary photo identification licenses issued to qualified noncitizens so that the licenses may be easily distinguished from driver and photo identification licenses issued to residents of this state who are United States citizens; reduces from eight years to two years the maximum period of time for which a temporary license or permit may be issued. - Amends TCA Title 55, ...

TN - SB2084 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, removes the requirement that the department of revenue submit quarterly reports to the transportation committees of both houses on its progress toward completion of the updated computerized titling and registration system; deletes the requirement that the commissioner appear before the committees annually to report on the system's status. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1065 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires a county or municipality to publish its certified highway map on the county or municipality's website, which shall be accessible to the public, no less than 30 days prior to the date of a public hearing on the map. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - SB2002 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires official vintage license plates that are issued and registered by the state in lieu of the standard antique motor vehicle registration plate to be displayed on antique motor vehicles when they are being operated on public roads and highways or are stationary; allows holders of standard antique motor vehicle registration plates to display unofficial, unregistered vintage license plates only when the vehicle is stationary; requi...

TN - SB2181 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes motorcycles to be operated on certain limited access highway and interstate shoulders to proceed to nearest exit when speed of traffic is 25 miles per hour or less. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55, Chapter 1 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1096 Advertising - As introduced, changes the definition of "visible" in the Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020 to "capable of being seen and comprehended without visual aid by a person traveling the posted speed limit on the main traveled way of the highway"; authorizes the commissioner of transportation to issue vegetation control permits to owners of outdoor advertising device permits to remove, block cut, or trim vegetation located on the right-of-way, without regard to whether it is adja...

TN - SB83 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires a driver who holds a valid commercial driver license to be present behind the wheel of the lead commercial motor vehicle traveling in a platoon, rather than behind the wheel of each commercial motor vehicle traveling in that platoon. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB1430 Public Records - As introduced, requires the department of revenue to annually report on the administration of the Uniform Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act by February 1 of each year to the chair of the senate transportation and safety committee, the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives, and the legislative librarian; requires the department of safety and county clerks' offices to assist the department of revenue in compiling the report. - Amends TCA Title...

TN - SB1162 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, increases, from one to two, the number of free plates for the Purple Heart and disabled veteran license plates issued to veterans with disabilities. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-256 and Section 55-4-257.

TN - SB2244 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes Class I and II off-highway vehicles to be operated on state highways with a posted speed limit of 55 mph or less. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB373 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes the office of rail and public transportation within the department; requires, among other duties and responsibilities, the office to determine present and future needs for, and economic feasibility of providing, public transportation and the retention, improvement, and addition of passenger and freight rail transportation in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54, Chapter 1; Title 64 and Title 65.

TN - SB84 Driver Licenses - As introduced, establishes that a commercial driver license issued with a hazardous materials endorsement expires on the date the hazardous materials endorsement authorization expires. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - SB366 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of a license plate in the emergency category to emergency communication dispatchers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB472 Driver Licenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for driving upon a highway without a valid driver license for the vehicle being driven from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense committed within 10 years of a prior offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

TN - SB1062 Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, allows the annual report of financial expenditures, activities, and proposed plans, which is submitted by the board of directors of the South Central Tennessee Railroad Authority to the department of transportation and to the governing bodies of Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Wayne counties, and the cities of Centerville, Dickson, Hohenwald, Linden, and Waynesboro, to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 6...

TN - SB801 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires a county or municipality to publish its certified highway map on the county's or municipality's website, which must be accessible to the public, no less than 30 days prior to the date of a public hearing on the map. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB1431 Public Records - As introduced, requires the office of open records counsel, in coordination with the department of safety and department of revenue, to develop and maintain a system to track bulk purchases of public records containing personal information from state motor vehicle records and authorized for release to purchasers of such information. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 2.

TN - SB1279 Driver Licenses - As introduced, lowers the minimum visual acuity requirement for drivers of non-commercial vehicles from 20/40 to 20/50. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB470 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires the registration of personal trailers, including personal trailers used for the transportation of boats or other personal trailers or semitrailers drawn by an automobile or truck. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1271 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, clarifies that the department is to report the findings and recommendations, and not just an executive summary, of the special committee to study improvement of transportation services to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives no later than February 15 each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 23; Title 7, Chapter 56; Section 29-34-210; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64, Cha...

TN - SB604 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law prior to registering vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB746 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.

TN - SB1364 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, designates the segment of State Route 66 from its intersection with State Route 160 in Hamblen County to its intersection with Interstate 81 at Exit 4 in Jefferson County as a scenic highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17.

TN - SB416 Business and Commerce - As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.

TN - SB569 Driver Licenses - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to prepare brochures that provide information on the opportunity for persons 18 to 20 years of age to apply for interstate CDLs and the opportunity for persons to apply to become third-party skills test examiners to perform skills tests required to obtain a CDL; requires the department to make the brochures available at driver license service locations throughout the state. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB259 Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires proof of financial responsibility be maintained for the period of a driver license's suspension or revocation rather than for a period of three years in order for a person's registration to not be suspended or revoked when the commissioner of safety suspends or revokes the person's license by reason of a conviction; makes other revisions related to compliance with proof of financial responsibility requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12, Part 1 a...

TN - SB976 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, replaces the term "motor-driven cycle" with "motorscooter" for various purposes related to the operation of such vehicles, including issuance of operator licenses, the rules of the road, and required safety and lighting equipment. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1131 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes the limitation that ATVs and off-highway vehicles may be operated on a certain segment of State Route 330 within the Town of Oliver Springs in Anderson County only two weekends per year. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

TN - SB175 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to submit a brief written summary to the transportation committee of the house of representatives and the transportation and safety committee of the senate no later than March 15 annually concerning placards issued to transporters of manufactured homes, including data on unsafe and erratic driving reported to the department using the telephone number that appears on the placards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62; Title 6...

TN - SB107 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, clarifies that an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is the parent, legal guardian, or conservator of a person who has an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition, who may be operating the owner's or lessee's vehicle, and who needs assistance in communicating specific needs to law enforcement and first responders, may apply for a designation of such person's need in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration ...

TN - SB2001 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats held in Hamilton County that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.

TN - SB2404 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires license plates issued for box trucks having a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or less to be attached to the rear of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2604 Driver Licenses - As introduced, changes, from five days to five business days, the deadline by which the department of safety must notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state, and the commercial driver license information system, after receiving a report of a conviction of a commercial driver license holder for a violation of law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, in any vehicle, or a report of a conviction of a person who does not hold...

TN - SB2207 Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to eliminate or reduce co-payment requirements for persons who are receiving child care payment assistance through programs administered by the department based on the persons' household income. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

TN - SB1807 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes the office of rail and public transportation within the department; requires, among other duties and responsibilities, the office to determine the costs and requirements, including engineering, needed to implement passenger rail service on certain corridors in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54, Chapter 1; Title 64 and Title 65.

TN - SB984 TennCare - As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2024; makes certain changes to the methodology used to calculate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1614 Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the health facilities commission to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - SB2592 Education - As introduced, increases the amount of time both parents or a guardian have to make a written application for a hearing challenging a local school board's order placing a student in a certain public school from within 10 days after an assignment order to within 15 days after an assignment order. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR1067 Memorials, Recognition - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and the National Celebration of General Aviation Flyover