---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gibson County - Subject to local approval, increases the wheel tax on motor vehicles from a maximum of $10.00 to an amount equal to $50.00, and imposes a wheel tax on motorcycles in the amount of $15.00; allocates the revenue to the Gibson County Highway Department. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 1975."
description: "Gibson County - Subject to local approval, increases the wheel tax on motor vehicles from a maximum of $10.00 to an amount equal to $50.00, and imposes a wheel tax on motorcycles in the amount of $15.00; allocates the revenue to the Gibson County Highway Department. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 1975."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1429"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1429 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gibson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-23"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11116684-18e3-4ac9-8383-f9b2f4aa79dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1429&GA=110"
source_hash: "eabc4a3f83c07861af6d2a86820ca84aa06b2d40a3b4a90713f5470ae4689ead"
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 1429 (110) — Gibson County - Subject to local approval, increases the wheel tax on motor vehicles from a maximum of $10.00 to an amount equal to $50.00, and imposes a wheel tax on motorcycles in the amount of $15.00; allocates the revenue to the Gibson County Highway Department. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 1975.

## 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/SB1429.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Halford — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-03-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 7, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **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.
- **2017-04-24** 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`
- **2017-05-08** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 7
- **2017-05-08** Pr. Ch. 7

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11116684-18e3-4ac9-8383-f9b2f4aa79dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).