---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the \"Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act,\" which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the \"Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act,\" which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2665"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2665 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae0f972-c9e8-48f7-8987-9476936df912"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2665&GA=113"
source_hash: "1a92f2ab48b787b8e97610b637d86ab586ad394933c7d9a25db45b40468cd08e"
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 2665 (113) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1103.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2665.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY JOHNSON C. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2024 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2024 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 1 BY JOHNSON C. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
- **2024-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA1103) `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/24/2024
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1103) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Effective date(s) 05/28/2024
- **2024-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1058

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae0f972-c9e8-48f7-8987-9476936df912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).