---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133."
description: "Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Tennessee HB 121 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b90970e0-74e2-4a7f-81c0-1e0532331686"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0121&ga=114"
source_hash: "c1ddb7893efaf288bf03b32374a2b01c9cf659c3837fab0beb18b34a06dd5864"
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 121 (114) — Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133.

## 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/HB0121.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/11/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **18–1** (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** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-02-03** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/11/2025
- **2025-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **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) 03/28/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b90970e0-74e2-4a7f-81c0-1e0532331686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).