---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates on the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates on the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Tennessee HB 149 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Rudder"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d355856f-39c8-498e-93bd-c5976d525a6b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0149&GA=111"
source_hash: "8fbbf6c6fa7f8e344625987e46ec86dd893787609c628789884bcbbb40a458ba"
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 HB 149 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts historic military vehicles from the requirement to display license plates on the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0030.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0048.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0149.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Rudder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0048)
- **2019-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0030) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 103
- **2019-04-22** Pub. Ch. 103
- **2019-04-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d355856f-39c8-498e-93bd-c5976d525a6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).