---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes changes to present law relative to criminal offenses involving motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes changes to present law relative to criminal offenses involving motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1444 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edf3e4f2-c698-4e77-b2ce-45e4e84f6541"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1444&GA=113"
source_hash: "3e0a6b4b6d296aa0c0d67ecfb96faac16f20c7c18adab5af279508719dd836c4"
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 HB 1444 (113) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes changes to present law relative to criminal offenses involving motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0415** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0415.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0450.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0353** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0353.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0502** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0502.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1444.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023 4/18/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/4/2023 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (2) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/18/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **80–16** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/11/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023
- **2023-04-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0450) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0415) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0353)
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0502)
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-17** Pub. Ch. 416

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edf3e4f2-c698-4e77-b2ce-45e4e84f6541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).