---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes operation of Class I and Class II off-highway vehicles on three segments of state routes located in Hickman County, if such vehicles are registered, insured, and equipped with safety equipment, - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes operation of Class I and Class II off-highway vehicles on three segments of state routes located in Hickman County, if such vehicles are registered, insured, and equipped with safety equipment, - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2278"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2278 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2aa005c-65e6-4bfb-bfe8-cedc0c6dac56"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2278&GA=111"
source_hash: "2a2878cb0a43b9ca381a837d0ab95fd8ab4d9c7c38bad0d39bc2f6c0e85ef859"
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 2278 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes operation of Class I and Class II off-highway vehicles on three segments of state routes located in Hickman County, if such vehicles are registered, insured, and equipped with safety equipment, - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0838.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0621.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2278.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/16/2020 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/11/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020 6/11/2020 (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 3/11/2020 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/4/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curcio — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Meeting Canceled. Action Def. in s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee to 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
- **2020-02-26** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-06-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0838) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0621)
- **2020-06-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 6/18/2020
- **2020-06-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 773
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 773

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2aa005c-65e6-4bfb-bfe8-cedc0c6dac56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).