---
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. - 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. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Tennessee SB 317 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special License Plates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Doss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f41ed9e-6f1d-48d5-9887-5bdbcddda1a3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0317&GA=110"
source_hash: "fca0985c537caee54f8dea6ddd5cfc4298b794bd0da4253314bb4971e6abe7ef"
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 317 (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. - 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/SB0317.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/2/2017 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2017 Passed — **80–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · 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 4/17/2017 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0505)
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0499)
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0439)
- **2017-05-05** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0565) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0502) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 384
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 384

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f41ed9e-6f1d-48d5-9887-5bdbcddda1a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).