---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, revises provisions governing registration of certain motor vehicles that are registered by a business that registers at least 15,000 vehicles annually and is engaged in the rental of motor vehicles, trucks, and trailers for periods of 31 days or less. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-104."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, revises provisions governing registration of certain motor vehicles that are registered by a business that registers at least 15,000 vehicles annually and is engaged in the rental of motor vehicles, trucks, and trailers for periods of 31 days or less. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-104."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Tennessee SB 162 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e6e0417-4e59-4b05-b7c2-704699bb6ff3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0162&GA=110"
source_hash: "6009bd6b6de5c65e11889fa95f421644b389825b7bd5b57c83e47ded244b90bb"
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 162 (110) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, revises provisions governing registration of certain motor vehicles that are registered by a business that registers at least 15,000 vehicles annually and is engaged in the rental of motor vehicles, trucks, and trailers for periods of 31 days or less. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-104.

## 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/SB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/23/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0136)
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0492) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 325
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 325

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e6e0417-4e59-4b05-b7c2-704699bb6ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).