---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, increases the tax on unregistered or improperly registered freight motor vehicles; revises other provisions related to overloaded freight motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, increases the tax on unregistered or improperly registered freight motor vehicles; revises other provisions related to overloaded freight motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1697"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1697 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads and Bridges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b8d5ee-ea22-4120-ab8e-5ec5bdb3c268"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1697&GA=110"
source_hash: "42cb0ffc3b6eec9f77d23fa559d57b2e5b95bb2758d6a8fa3bf30136f422a222"
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 1697 (110) — Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, increases the tax on unregistered or improperly registered freight motor vehicles; revises other provisions related to overloaded freight motor vehicles. - Amends TCA 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/HB1697.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/14/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Niceley — 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`
- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0836)
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0902) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 808
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 808
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87b8d5ee-ea22-4120-ab8e-5ec5bdb3c268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).