---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes a person to operate a platoon on the streets and highways of this state after the person provides notification to the department of transportation and the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 40; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 67."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes a person to operate a platoon on the streets and highways of this state after the person provides notification to the department of transportation and the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 40; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 676"
citation: "Tennessee SB 676 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab961b3b-c6e6-4587-8cf9-082f8e30cd1b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0676&GA=110"
source_hash: "9d3368a72e71643b613b99088faae9fd4319f6563184458275dcc085250f25f2"
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 676 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes a person to operate a platoon on the streets and highways of this state after the person provides notification to the department of transportation and the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 40; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 67.

## 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/SB0676.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/20/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Passed — **61–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Failed (2) — **47–39** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Failed — **55–31** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Passed (1) — **63–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/23/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-13** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-06** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2017-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-06** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 63, Nays 23, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 171
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 171

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab961b3b-c6e6-4587-8cf9-082f8e30cd1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).