---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highway Signs - As enacted, expands the area, from only Sevierville to include all of Sevier County, that is exempted from the required removal of tourist-oriented directional signs erected by an entity other than the department of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 13."
description: "Highway Signs - As enacted, expands the area, from only Sevierville to include all of Sevier County, that is exempted from the required removal of tourist-oriented directional signs erected by an entity other than the department of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Tennessee SB 36 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highway Signs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58d3070d-f66c-4e36-b924-9f5f239ffb09"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0036&GA=110"
source_hash: "86633cdef5b18d171d6706069dfbbc6b7a1a5cc64e039b718d20a4718e6e90a5"
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 36 (110) — Highway Signs - As enacted, expands the area, from only Sevierville to include all of Sevier County, that is exempted from the required removal of tourist-oriented directional signs erected by an entity other than the department of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 13.

## 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/SB0036.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2017 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2017
- **2017-02-27** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 23
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 23
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/29/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58d3070d-f66c-4e36-b924-9f5f239ffb09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).