---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, makes references to the antique motor vehicle registration fee consistent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, makes references to the antique motor vehicle registration fee consistent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Tennessee SB 45 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell", "Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0dea807-33ed-40fe-9cd9-96812f92e1e0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0045&GA=111"
source_hash: "f94501168d737b49e90182072f47950231c2c625dc16e9fdb2a449eb440a008e"
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 45 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, makes references to the antique motor vehicle registration fee consistent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0170.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0185.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed — **84–12** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-19** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-28** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0185)
- **2019-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 12, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0170) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 254
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 254

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0dea807-33ed-40fe-9cd9-96812f92e1e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).