---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes a county clerk, during a period of a public health emergency, natural disaster, or other temporary office closure, to request the assistance of a county clerk in a contiguous county for purposes of registering motor vehicles and related transactions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Section 55-6-101."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes a county clerk, during a period of a public health emergency, natural disaster, or other temporary office closure, to request the assistance of a county clerk in a contiguous county for purposes of registering motor vehicles and related transactions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Section 55-6-101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "Tennessee HB 737 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vital"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2770d234-0a92-4977-a341-76738d405581"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0737&ga=114"
source_hash: "6947797df911c95690bbed2b891d4de8b442ff65cc1e42527cc14fe928a96e44"
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 737 (114) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes a county clerk, during a period of a public health emergency, natural disaster, or other temporary office closure, to request the assistance of a county clerk in a contiguous county for purposes of registering motor vehicles and related transactions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Section 55-6-101.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0113.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0114.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0150.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0737.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2025 Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025 3/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vital — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** 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** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0114) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0113) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-03-31** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0150)
- **2025-03-31** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-31** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 193

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2770d234-0a92-4977-a341-76738d405581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).