---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts \"The Motor Vehicle Recall and Disclosure Law.\" - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts \"The Motor Vehicle Recall and Disclosure Law.\" - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Tennessee SB 172 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley", "Staples"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56367f68-3a21-40a9-815a-d939b2dab92a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0172&GA=110"
source_hash: "fd888edbceeeb7bd7eaa7d4eda745b87aa4a1e17d8f13edfc6face00961ea2cb"
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 172 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts "The Motor Vehicle Recall and Disclosure Law." - Amends TCA Title 55.

## 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/SB0172.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Niceley — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0358) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0444)
- **2017-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 306
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 306
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56367f68-3a21-40a9-815a-d939b2dab92a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).