---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats held in Hamilton County that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats held in Hamilton County that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Tennessee SB 213 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f0cf12-f5f9-4034-a0c6-9f365c9a95e9"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0213&ga=114"
source_hash: "9cc7aa8b544f0bbad3f8bc5b6af2c93a39e9a1a52cf42f08ec38870b173b1912"
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 213 (114) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats held in Hamilton County that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.

## 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/SB0213.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 10/17/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f0cf12-f5f9-4034-a0c6-9f365c9a95e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).