---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on a certain segment of state highway in Perry County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on a certain segment of state highway in Perry County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 846"
citation: "Tennessee SB 846 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41d73282-625b-451a-891b-87d9b8d8742f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0846&GA=111"
source_hash: "441c53ce3c4d092744f436d1f1ca457e967050c64b069922848facde6770d9c2"
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 846 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on a certain segment of state highway in Perry 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 HA0225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0225.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0231.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0846.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/26/2019 — **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 4/3/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO WITHDRAW AMENDMENT # 1 BY HOWELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action Def. in s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0231)
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-10** 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 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0225) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 206
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/25/2019
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 206

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41d73282-625b-451a-891b-87d9b8d8742f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).