---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes various changes to the vehicle insurance verification program, including extending the time owners have to comply with notice of noncompliance and revising fee provisions. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-210 and Section 55-12-211."
description: "Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes various changes to the vehicle insurance verification program, including extending the time owners have to comply with notice of noncompliance and revising fee provisions. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-210 and Section 55-12-211."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 549"
citation: "Tennessee SB 549 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a83d2fe4-07d2-43b7-9ad4-3bda225e60b1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0549&GA=110"
source_hash: "786e7178a5cc4b053df798cebf730bb13adae2b9b8ea6e7a3ecca35cd365d063"
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 549 (110) — Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes various changes to the vehicle insurance verification program, including extending the time owners have to comply with notice of noncompliance and revising fee provisions. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-210 and Section 55-12-211.

## 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/SB0549.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 8
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 8
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/22/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a83d2fe4-07d2-43b7-9ad4-3bda225e60b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).