---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, requires the department of safety to develop advisory guidelines for best behaviors of drivers during traffic stops. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, requires the department of safety to develop advisory guidelines for best behaviors of drivers during traffic stops. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 903"
citation: "Tennessee HB 903 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1248ede3-a101-42ad-98c3-b2d07b3b1ca9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0903&GA=110"
source_hash: "7d2beb0b8cc5488b7f8e3111e037f4af156fbb0a3422ea83638bd5231e1dee74"
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 HB 903 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, requires the department of safety to develop advisory guidelines for best behaviors of drivers during traffic stops. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2.

## 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/HB0903.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017 3/30/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/22/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 252
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 252

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1248ede3-a101-42ad-98c3-b2d07b3b1ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).