---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain segments of state highways in Morgan County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain segments of state highways in Morgan County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Tennessee HB 221 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Windle", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd447c26-6095-497d-aa86-f5312f0e44ff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0221&GA=111"
source_hash: "0a14c4454106eff36a56bf6c124f17b71d3296a4a2f0ff20bf31e08b139fab7d"
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 221 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain segments of state highways in Morgan County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0164.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0183.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0221.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Windle — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** 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 Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-12** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0183)
- **2019-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0164) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 273
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 273
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd447c26-6095-497d-aa86-f5312f0e44ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).