---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes, effective January 1, 2027, temporary placards to be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes, effective January 1, 2027, temporary placards to be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1684"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1684 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf0d6c20-2449-42f7-883f-e3f6e3ba4010"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1684&ga=114"
source_hash: "02553f388f9f508457ef91ef9c25dbad7349932a57bf27d3e796e6412c3e9dc0"
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 1684 (114) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes, effective January 1, 2027, temporary placards to be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0842** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0842.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0852** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0852.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1684.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **87–4** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2026-03-18** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0852)
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 4, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0842) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 827

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf0d6c20-2449-42f7-883f-e3f6e3ba4010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).