---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts a military service member who is stationed out of state on military orders from paying the additional registration fee imposed on all-electric vehicles. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-116 and Section 55-6-107."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts a military service member who is stationed out of state on military orders from paying the additional registration fee imposed on all-electric vehicles. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-116 and Section 55-6-107."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1738"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1738 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58477b40-76ba-42fe-a717-90a2709f3828"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1738&ga=114"
source_hash: "5b7787d9af24f4e978ef65a5468675e81837a7ed7a34c417fdcb4720ae71009c"
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 1738 (114) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts a military service member who is stationed out of state on military orders from paying the additional registration fee imposed on all-electric vehicles. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-116 and Section 55-6-107.

## 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/SB1738.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 969

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58477b40-76ba-42fe-a717-90a2709f3828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).