---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes various new special license plates and grants additional time for certain plates to meet the minimum order requirement; reorganizes the special license plates statutes; clarifies which plates are exempt from minimum order requirement. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes various new special license plates and grants additional time for certain plates to meet the minimum order requirement; reorganizes the special license plates statutes; clarifies which plates are exempt from minimum order requirement. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2693"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2693 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special License Plates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Doss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c9475b5-d475-477f-850b-d49c887c79b7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2693&GA=110"
source_hash: "e73adf8cb15711dc938d89c2b225d999f9231a8ea00cb7f6b408375ef23f11d8"
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 2693 (110) — Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes various new special license plates and grants additional time for certain plates to meet the minimum order requirement; reorganizes the special license plates statutes; clarifies which plates are exempt from minimum order requirement. - 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/SB2693.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (3) — **25–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/11/2018 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/25/2018 PASSED (2) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **87–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Doss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **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** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/11/18
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 7 - SA1099)
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 6 - SA1098)
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 5 - SA1094)
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA0833)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0612)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0611)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0599)
- **2018-04-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1163) `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1163) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1124) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-25** 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. 1023
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c9475b5-d475-477f-850b-d49c887c79b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).