---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a state vehicle abuse hotline and website; requires that vehicles leased and owned by the state have decals providing a telephone number or website information for complaints. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56 and Title 71."
description: "General Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a state vehicle abuse hotline and website; requires that vehicles leased and owned by the state have decals providing a telephone number or website information for complaints. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1281"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1281 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Lollar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef6a29f2-88de-4dbe-a0fe-5d73fa515312"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1281&GA=110"
source_hash: "b511712a263538fe729748972bf371da5ac3fec9c95caf7872863003932a7908"
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 1281 (110) — General Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a state vehicle abuse hotline and website; requires that vehicles leased and owned by the state have decals providing a telephone number or website information for complaints. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56 and Title 71.

## 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/SB1281.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/11/2018 PASSED — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lollar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Def. to Summer Study in State Government Subcommittee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government 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 Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0977)
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **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`
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0848) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 982
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018; 01/01/2019
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 982

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef6a29f2-88de-4dbe-a0fe-5d73fa515312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).