---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a motor vehicle operated by an emergency communications district that is marked as a mobile command vehicle or mobile communications vehicle to display flashing red or white lights or a combination of flashing red and white lights. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4."
description: "Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a motor vehicle operated by an emergency communications district that is marked as a mobile command vehicle or mobile communications vehicle to display flashing red or white lights or a combination of flashing red and white lights. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1118"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1118 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Communications Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vital"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adfcc3d7-1d97-4551-9620-bc8478679af8"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1118&ga=114"
source_hash: "c2b008d8d03106b7e5ed39c8ffce81e1fb62a91b62f5d1f69fe592214a6f28fb"
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 HB 1118 (114) — Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a motor vehicle operated by an emergency communications district that is marked as a mobile command vehicle or mobile communications vehicle to display flashing red or white lights or a combination of flashing red and white lights. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1118.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vital — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/28/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adfcc3d7-1d97-4551-9620-bc8478679af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).