---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to hire employees or appoint volunteers to direct traffic within a school zone if certain conditions are met; establishes a Class C misdemeanor for a motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a regulatory or warning sign for the dropping off or picking up of students. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to hire employees or appoint volunteers to direct traffic within a school zone if certain conditions are met; establishes a Class C misdemeanor for a motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a regulatory or warning sign for the dropping off or picking up of students. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2771"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2771 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41cc0fc5-7363-48d6-95b5-8bdae3dc44ab"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2771&GA=113"
source_hash: "519831bf3809d9c85a632a085eab0bba0d66bf136e28c777a987614b2d332e42"
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 2771 (113) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to hire employees or appoint volunteers to direct traffic within a school zone if certain conditions are met; establishes a Class C misdemeanor for a motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a regulatory or warning sign for the dropping off or picking up of students. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0662** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0662.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0614** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0614.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2771.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **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 3/6/2024 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — 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`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
- **2024-02-28** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2024-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0614)
- **2024-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0662) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 948

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41cc0fc5-7363-48d6-95b5-8bdae3dc44ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).