---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue salvage certificates to an insurance company, automotive dismantler and recycler, or salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue salvage certificates to an insurance company, automotive dismantler and recycler, or salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1597"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1597 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Briggs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a07c4415-ae06-4e81-be78-0552cef1a7be"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1597&GA=111"
source_hash: "3697483ab24e5b8bb40deabab02d5962a2478a6dee033b59d5b0981bae42a348"
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 1597 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue salvage certificates to an insurance company, automotive dismantler and recycler, or salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0538.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1597.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/3/2020 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/29/2020 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/4/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 1/29/2020
- **2020-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-01-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/3/2020
- **2020-01-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 1/30/2020
- **2020-02-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** Reset on cal. for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0538) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0538) `passage`
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 675
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 10/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 675

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a07c4415-ae06-4e81-be78-0552cef1a7be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).