---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing lights displayed on vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing lights displayed on vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Tennessee SB 194 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Overbey", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc5fc262-9bb6-47f6-a5f9-86bc2ae875e7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0194&GA=110"
source_hash: "d31cc4cd8737302c4b0ad691cf618154b5a05287fd65309c7e72a5fc2b30becc"
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 194 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing lights displayed on vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4.

## 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/SB0194.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 5/4/2017 Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/30/2017 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Overbey — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **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
- **2017-03-22** 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`
- **2017-03-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0204) `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0204) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 378
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 378

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc5fc262-9bb6-47f6-a5f9-86bc2ae875e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).