---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of a free distinguishing placard for eligible disabled veterans to be used in lieu of a distinguishing license plate for parking purposes; authorizes issuance of a distinguishing placard upon payment of the applicable fee for eligible disabled veterans who have been issued a free distinguishing license plate for parking purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of a free distinguishing placard for eligible disabled veterans to be used in lieu of a distinguishing license plate for parking purposes; authorizes issuance of a distinguishing placard upon payment of the applicable fee for eligible disabled veterans who have been issued a free distinguishing license plate for parking purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1017"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1017 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96ae4a10-8927-421b-9ca1-a045bad86920"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1017&ga=114"
source_hash: "f1eeb9fc144631a16267e9cead5d36b9e8ded53054520a0fd6403bbe4c329152"
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 1017 (114) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of a free distinguishing placard for eligible disabled veterans to be used in lieu of a distinguishing license plate for parking purposes; authorizes issuance of a distinguishing placard upon payment of the applicable fee for eligible disabled veterans who have been issued a free distinguishing license plate for parking purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0063** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0063.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0019.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1017.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2025
- **2025-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0019)
- **2025-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0063) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96ae4a10-8927-421b-9ca1-a045bad86920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).