---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing areas where and times when off-highway vehicles may be operated on roads. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing areas where and times when off-highway vehicles may be operated on roads. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 679"
citation: "Tennessee SB 679 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Windle", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad4a1a6-a439-4d17-9637-cdf9ea42d9d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0679&GA=110"
source_hash: "9e1159dc4218f06f7980cad1737bb522d9683ad966fcea8b341fbe066c29960c"
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 679 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing areas where and times when off-highway vehicles may be operated on roads. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

## 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/SB0679.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Windle — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/8/2017
- **2017-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0003) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0197)
- **2017-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0196)
- **2017-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-10** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-13** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 90, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0034
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 183
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 183
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad4a1a6-a439-4d17-9637-cdf9ea42d9d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).