---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of special purpose boat dealer plates to manufacturers and dealers who hire operators of boat trailers to transport boats to customers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of special purpose boat dealer plates to manufacturers and dealers who hire operators of boat trailers to transport boats to customers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1749"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1749 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76e1640c-b5b4-4742-8042-f3a5c92f03fd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1749&GA=111"
source_hash: "8f968241af3e4706d6043e2f99f489e39ec409f5af10fb27c0e611dedb49d06a"
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 1749 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of special purpose boat dealer plates to manufacturers and dealers who hire operators of boat trailers to transport boats to customers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1749.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/4/2020 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/12/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `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 Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **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
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 571
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 571

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76e1640c-b5b4-4742-8042-f3a5c92f03fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).