---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes county legislative bodies to adopt alternative procedures for the opening and changing of public roads in the county, in addition to the closing of such roads; authorizes formation of a committee of the county legislative body to perform certain functions for the opening, changing, or closing of such roads if no regional planning commission exists. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 10, Part 2."
description: "Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes county legislative bodies to adopt alternative procedures for the opening and changing of public roads in the county, in addition to the closing of such roads; authorizes formation of a committee of the county legislative body to perform certain functions for the opening, changing, or closing of such roads if no regional planning commission exists. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 10, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1682"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1682 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads and Bridges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/279506b1-c401-4f42-b167-97074ad282fc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1682&GA=111"
source_hash: "69b8f020d62e95a7279dbfabdb2ecb5004a12089c5dc343bb995852bb400c64f"
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 1682 (111) — Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes county legislative bodies to adopt alternative procedures for the opening and changing of public roads in the county, in addition to the closing of such roads; authorizes formation of a committee of the county legislative body to perform certain functions for the opening, changing, or closing of such roads if no regional planning commission exists. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 10, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0536.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0499.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1682.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/5/2020 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/5/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0499)
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0536) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 585
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 585
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/20/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/279506b1-c401-4f42-b167-97074ad282fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).