--- type: "Bill" title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - Amends TCA Title 55." description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - Amends TCA Title 55." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 2023" citation: "Tennessee SB 2023 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"] version_count: 1 action_count: 48 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2018-01-30" last_action: "2018-04-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54fc3385-d515-4cd3-88a8-12c06fbbd30c" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2023&GA=110" source_hash: "a0dc555faaceedf77d07ac368a9ba843d80318f2cbd7e21ebe886ca9cae51847" 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 2023 (110) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - 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/SB2023.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper - SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2018 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/4/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2018 PASSED (1) — **88–0** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Haile — primary (person) - Lamberth — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee - **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee` - **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. - **2018-02-05** Sponsor change. - **2018-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018 - **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018 - **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/15/18 - **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/19/2018 - **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018 - **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-03-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-03-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0677) - **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018 - **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-03-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0975) `amendment-passage` - **2018-03-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0779) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018 - **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-04** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0975) `passage` - **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 735 - **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018 - **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 735 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54fc3385-d515-4cd3-88a8-12c06fbbd30c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).