---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, broadens the definitions of \"all-terrain vehicle\" and \"Class 1 off-highway vehicle\" to include vehicles less than 2,500 pounds, instead of 1,500 pounds; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, broadens the definitions of \"all-terrain vehicle\" and \"Class 1 off-highway vehicle\" to include vehicles less than 2,500 pounds, instead of 1,500 pounds; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1683"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1683 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec7ecc8-06de-4cc2-a9e0-cb78fd2ff3b9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1683&GA=110"
source_hash: "d960664069d3126e27af4606a057c47fd3f37af68f26b38348c02f7f5b8ee92f"
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 1683 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, broadens the definitions of "all-terrain vehicle" and "Class 1 off-highway vehicle" to include vehicles less than 2,500 pounds, instead of 1,500 pounds; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55.

## 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/HB1683.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/1/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **28–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2018 PASSED (2) — **97–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/14/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-01** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 585
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 585

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ec7ecc8-06de-4cc2-a9e0-cb78fd2ff3b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).