---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1068"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1068 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca227357-ad34-477c-89d8-4228e03070d2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1068&ga=114"
source_hash: "2a6f738ac3147079646c5ccc6290e9b9c9363efe21d51e1104e6e996149316a2"
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 1068 (114) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0132.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0133.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0530** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0530.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0531.pdf)
5. **Amendment HA0532** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0532.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0030.pdf)
7. **Amendment SA0082** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0082.pdf)
8. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1068.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 5 4/22/2025 Passed — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 4 4/22/2025 Passed — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/11/2025 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/22/2025 Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-18** Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2025-02-18** Recalled from Senate Energy, Ag., & Natural Resources Committee
- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-02-26** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-02-26** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0082)
- **2025-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0030)
- **2025-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 1 (Amendment 5 - HA0532) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 1 (Amendment 4 - HA0531) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 1 (Amendment 3 - HA0530) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 7, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 5 - HA0532) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA0531) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0530) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0133) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0132) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 457

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca227357-ad34-477c-89d8-4228e03070d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).