---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that off-highway vehicles operated on public roads are covered under the definition of \"uninsured motor vehicle\" for purposes of being covered under an uninsured motorist policy. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 56, Chapter 7."
description: "Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that off-highway vehicles operated on public roads are covered under the definition of \"uninsured motor vehicle\" for purposes of being covered under an uninsured motorist policy. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 56, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "Tennessee SB 956 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kane", "Tracy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0bdca29-f77d-468d-a245-5f74cf1cf5ba"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0956&GA=110"
source_hash: "1996b57f432635d6e2019b1a92b828c12a375e6611dedfd59bdbbba3c19fd1c2"
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 956 (110) — Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that off-highway vehicles operated on public roads are covered under the definition of "uninsured motor vehicle" for purposes of being covered under an uninsured motorist policy. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 56, Chapter 7.

## 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/SB0956.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/3/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kane — primary (person)
- Tracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
- **2017-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 186
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 186
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0bdca29-f77d-468d-a245-5f74cf1cf5ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).