---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, eliminates the condition that a first lienholder or the first lienholder's designee may only file an application for a motor vehicle temporary lien with the secretary of state when a manufacturer's statement of origin or an existing certificate of title on a motor vehicle is unavailable. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-126."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, eliminates the condition that a first lienholder or the first lienholder's designee may only file an application for a motor vehicle temporary lien with the secretary of state when a manufacturer's statement of origin or an existing certificate of title on a motor vehicle is unavailable. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-126."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Tennessee SB 473 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C", "Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b41658a-fe54-48d1-9d2d-89e558f48058"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0473&GA=112"
source_hash: "d3c292a7217b49da435dd4dd41266b5dbb203338321ce9f321db86b09fbfcacb"
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 473 (112) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, eliminates the condition that a first lienholder or the first lienholder's designee may only file an application for a motor vehicle temporary lien with the secretary of state when a manufacturer's statement of origin or an existing certificate of title on a motor vehicle is unavailable. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-126.

## 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/SB0473.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson C — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/20/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 171
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 171

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b41658a-fe54-48d1-9d2d-89e558f48058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).