---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly to request, in writing, the department to provide a copy of a crash report concerning fatal accidents that occurred in the member's district; specifies that a crash report that is subject to an ongoing investigation or court order requiring the information be kept confidential is not subject to released under this bill. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly to request, in writing, the department to provide a copy of a crash report concerning fatal accidents that occurred in the member's district; specifies that a crash report that is subject to an ongoing investigation or court order requiring the information be kept confidential is not subject to released under this bill. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 619"
citation: "Tennessee SB 619 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e347989-dd00-45d6-bbc9-f72b477437f8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0619&GA=112"
source_hash: "eb602df078be366d1f6085fcbf6e0b09255a22e0dd46169bf128e5976f2e7575"
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 619 (112) — Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly to request, in writing, the department to provide a copy of a crash report concerning fatal accidents that occurred in the member's district; specifies that a crash report that is subject to an ongoing investigation or court order requiring the information be kept confidential is not subject to released under this bill. - Amends TCA Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0072** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0072.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0190.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0619.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/9/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2021 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/31/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-02-23** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0072) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0190)
- **2021-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 225
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 225

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e347989-dd00-45d6-bbc9-f72b477437f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).