---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highway Signs - As enacted, requires a guide sign to be erected on or along an interstate highway or at an interchange for an exposition center located within a county agricultural center. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5."
description: "Highway Signs - As enacted, requires a guide sign to be erected on or along an interstate highway or at an interchange for an exposition center located within a county agricultural center. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2227"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2227 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highway Signs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Pody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c848fb6-16ad-410d-800a-94c276d5e6d8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2227&GA=112"
source_hash: "2c19fdda34bd2e1198ed0f0a4061346971aebe268db74b160b4dd28a29b8ba94"
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 2227 (112) — Highway Signs - As enacted, requires a guide sign to be erected on or along an interstate highway or at an interchange for an exposition center located within a county agricultural center. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2227.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** 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`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 879
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 879

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c848fb6-16ad-410d-800a-94c276d5e6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).