---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain segments of state highways in Johnson 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 Johnson County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Tennessee SB 225 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill T", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b40811cf-d06d-42ca-b8ff-312a3e250a84"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0225&GA=111"
source_hash: "f4c722150c62cd014476505af09084583df70953ea3c5e0781827f8e283b08d7"
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 225 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain segments of state highways in Johnson 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 HA0162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0162.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0230.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0225.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill T — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Taken off notice for cal. in Transportation Committee
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0230)
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0162) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 175
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 175

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b40811cf-d06d-42ca-b8ff-312a3e250a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).