---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, creates a \"5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)\" military license plate for issuance to current or former members of the unit and spouses or children of such members. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, creates a \"5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)\" military license plate for issuance to current or former members of the unit and spouses or children of such members. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1497 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-24"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1231f7-5aac-494d-a524-813e5f639373"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1497&GA=110"
source_hash: "c114491294162e925d9bdd2bb7cfddc02ae4b28809807f5b562db7c577e9143a"
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 1497 (110) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, creates a "5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)" military license plate for issuance to current or former members of the unit and spouses or children of such members. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1497.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/13/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2018 4/18/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/7/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/17/2018 Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-24** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0597)
- **2018-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0864) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 926
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 926
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf1231f7-5aac-494d-a524-813e5f639373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).