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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, increases, from $400 to $1,500, the minimum property damage threshold for which a motor vehicle accident requires a written report to be filed with the department of safety, except in cases of damage to state or local government property; increases, from $500 to $1,500, the property damage threshold differentiating a Class B misdemeanor from a Class A misdemeanor for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 12."
+description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, increases, from $400 to $1,500, the minimum property damage threshold for which a motor vehicle accident requires a written report to be filed with the department of safety, except in cases of damage to state or local government property; increases, from $500 to $1,500, the property damage threshold differentiating a Class B misdemeanor from a Class A misdemeanor for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 12."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 1694"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1694 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e785d6c4-873d-49b6-9df3-3823b3f179ee"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1694&GA=110"
+source_hash: "8b72654a48ddccbdca8dd400e28f460f44859b1273a8f101dd920a9e928c9afb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 1694 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, increases, from $400 to $1,500, the minimum property damage threshold for which a motor vehicle accident requires a written report to be filed with the department of safety, except in cases of damage to state or local government property; increases, from $500 to $1,500, the property damage threshold differentiating a Class B misdemeanor from a Class A misdemeanor for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 12.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1694.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hulsey — primary (person)
+- Lundberg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
+- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
+- **2018-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/6/2018
+- **2018-01-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-06** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 2/13/2018
+- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/13/2018
+- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
+- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018
+- **2018-02-16** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
+- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 10, PNV 4 `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0678) `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
+- **2018-02-26** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0614)
+- **2018-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2018-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-02-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2018-03-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2018-03-01** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2018-03-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 555
+- **2018-03-19** Pub. Ch. 555
+- **2018-03-19** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e785d6c4-873d-49b6-9df3-3823b3f179ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+