---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to allocate a portion of the funds generated by the barrel tax on beer and tax on bottled soft drinks to be used for roadway, waterway, and shoreline litter reduction initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1, Part 4; Section 57-5-201 and Section 67-4-402."
description: "Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to allocate a portion of the funds generated by the barrel tax on beer and tax on bottled soft drinks to be used for roadway, waterway, and shoreline litter reduction initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1, Part 4; Section 57-5-201 and Section 67-4-402."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2348"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2348 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee6f2c94-e0be-41d4-9c77-ba539e782ae2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2348&GA=112"
source_hash: "3098ffa05f1458543338f2798777a65d193c22037e28762cbdd8d43203d6b2ae"
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 2348 (112) — Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to allocate a portion of the funds generated by the barrel tax on beer and tax on bottled soft drinks to be used for roadway, waterway, and shoreline litter reduction initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1, Part 4; Section 57-5-201 and Section 67-4-402.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2348.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/22/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/1/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 903
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 903

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee6f2c94-e0be-41d4-9c77-ba539e782ae2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).