---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises lighting requirements for motor vehicles and trailers transporting intrastate certain loads of logs or long pulpwood or certain loads of poles or posts. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises lighting requirements for motor vehicles and trailers transporting intrastate certain loads of logs or long pulpwood or certain loads of poles or posts. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2196"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2196 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Hicks T"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf248e12-0095-4b6a-84a5-e7bff6814493"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2196&GA=112"
source_hash: "d72e78fe51a7ef271acdb578b3085a31be11d16c5389120f4a1dba0b1fd5030f"
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 2196 (112) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises lighting requirements for motor vehicles and trailers transporting intrastate certain loads of logs or long pulpwood or certain loads of poles or posts. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0664** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0664.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0605** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0605.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2196.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (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 3/9/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Hicks T — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0664) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0605)
- **2022-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 813
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 813

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf248e12-0095-4b6a-84a5-e7bff6814493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).