---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires the commissioner of revenue, instead of the commissioner of safety, to issue a certificate stating that a cash deposit or bond in the amount required by the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977 has been paid or filed with the commissioner of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-139."
description: "Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires the commissioner of revenue, instead of the commissioner of safety, to issue a certificate stating that a cash deposit or bond in the amount required by the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977 has been paid or filed with the commissioner of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-139."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Tennessee HB 119 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Responsibility Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a51eb10-c4b5-4913-af57-7109cc74282c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0119&ga=114"
source_hash: "01da651294998dd48329fcc2c9e4f8aeed546cc2c79d5e650246ea72912cc209"
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 119 (114) — Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires the commissioner of revenue, instead of the commissioner of safety, to issue a certificate stating that a cash deposit or bond in the amount required by the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977 has been paid or filed with the commissioner of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-139.

## 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/HB0119.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2025 Passed (3) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (4) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-19** Meeting Canceled
- **2025-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **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) 01/01/2026
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 83

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a51eb10-c4b5-4913-af57-7109cc74282c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).