---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts farm tractors and implements of husbandry from the requirement that slow-moving vehicles pull off the roadway on certain highways. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts farm tractors and implements of husbandry from the requirement that slow-moving vehicles pull off the roadway on certain highways. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 696"
citation: "Tennessee HB 696 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Doggett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6976fdad-ccf5-4afb-9704-20aac63deace"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0696&GA=111"
source_hash: "0990fdc43f49eec1c5a9dbaf3fa6b471ff485e5ab2c35284d0ca5d2609006697"
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 HB 696 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts farm tractors and implements of husbandry from the requirement that slow-moving vehicles pull off the roadway on certain highways. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

## 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/111/Bill/HB0696.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Doggett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 76
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 76
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 03/28/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6976fdad-ccf5-4afb-9704-20aac63deace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).