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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes Sumner County and municipalities within the county to establish special speed limits in school zones. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-152."
+description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes Sumner County and municipalities within the county to establish special speed limits in school zones. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-152."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1561"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1561 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2019-12-11"
+last_action: "2020-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ce354f0-b201-426b-b2a5-ab875595026a"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1561&GA=111"
+source_hash: "796293a652e49315fe2a5b637e26d74793f231ae208d98512c311fafbacd23b3"
+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 1561 (111) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes Sumner County and municipalities within the county to establish special speed limits in school zones. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-152.
+
+## 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/111/Bill/SB1561.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2020 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/5/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/12/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/5/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-12-11** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-12-11** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
+- **2020-01-29** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/5/2020
+- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/5/2020
+- **2020-02-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
+- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/12/2020
+- **2020-02-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
+- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
+- **2020-02-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/25/2020
+- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
+- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
+- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/2/2020
+- **2020-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2020-03-02** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2020-03-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 534
+- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/19/2020
+- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 534
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ce354f0-b201-426b-b2a5-ab875595026a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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