---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on certain state routes in Campbell County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on certain state routes in Campbell County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 811"
citation: "Tennessee SB 811 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c45593-9133-4b33-9903-d2715deb6f26"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0811&GA=110"
source_hash: "879dc9faa2db8e7c8cc52e85b03069fafbfb31ebb17a934db916b48c2fd5212e"
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 811 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on certain state routes in Campbell County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

## 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/SB0811.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/20/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/23/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Transportation & Safety Comm. 3-13-17
- **2017-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 172
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 172

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86c45593-9133-4b33-9903-d2715deb6f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).