--- type: "Bill" title: "Mass Transit - As enacted, designates department of transportation as state agency with oversight over safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Tennessee; makes other related revisions to comply with Title 49 of the United States Code. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 65." description: "Mass Transit - As enacted, designates department of transportation as state agency with oversight over safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Tennessee; makes other related revisions to comply with Title 49 of the United States Code. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 65." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 2255" citation: "Tennessee SB 2255 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Mass Transit"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"] version_count: 1 action_count: 46 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2018-01-23" last_action: "2018-04-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950c93f6-d332-4011-a41d-3105a9e07c5a" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2255&GA=110" source_hash: "3baf898e9cfe6e3189407006ea3cb427e30cf9ddbc1a91e12fc79534fe93806a" 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 2255 (110) — Mass Transit - As enacted, designates department of transportation as state agency with oversight over safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Tennessee; makes other related revisions to comply with Title 49 of the United States Code. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 65. ## 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/SB2255.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper - SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2018 Passed (3) — **10–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **31–0** (fail) · upper - SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2018 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hawk — primary (person) - Norris — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee` - **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee - **2018-02-16** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/21/2018 - **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-26** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee - **2018-02-26** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee - **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/20/2018 - **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018 - **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018 - **2018-03-19** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 3/20/18 - **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/27/2018 - **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018 - **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018 - **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018 - **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/2/2018 - **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 743 - **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018 - **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950c93f6-d332-4011-a41d-3105a9e07c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).