---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement required by a motor carrier from being considered when evaluating a person's status as an employee or independent contractor. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement required by a motor carrier from being considered when evaluating a person's status as an employee or independent contractor. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 663"
citation: "Tennessee SB 663 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05546c34-0be6-4644-8b4a-a07eaeae9a13"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0663&GA=111"
source_hash: "0c290027d8bbdda8fe7c397b0c2a770faa9b170a28d3dfe915e2f6eed8c14a7e"
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 663 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement required by a motor carrier from being considered when evaluating a person's status as an employee or independent contractor. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0010.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0071** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0071.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0663.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **84–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marsh — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0010) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0071)
- **2019-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 97
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 97
- **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/05546c34-0be6-4644-8b4a-a07eaeae9a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).