---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, creates the offense of an occupant of a vehicle parking, leaving standing, or stopping the vehicle on a street or highway and blocking or impeding the normal movement of traffic for the purpose of soliciting, negotiating, or consummating an employment transaction with a person standing on or in proximity to the street or highway. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, creates the offense of an occupant of a vehicle parking, leaving standing, or stopping the vehicle on a street or highway and blocking or impeding the normal movement of traffic for the purpose of soliciting, negotiating, or consummating an employment transaction with a person standing on or in proximity to the street or highway. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Tennessee SB 248 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae01e89c-fa44-4886-9a94-9027e309ca43"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0248&ga=114"
source_hash: "66309b78f0e7688c8af62328993cce874b13739cdae92ec645d1c29237f469a5"
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 248 (114) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, creates the offense of an occupant of a vehicle parking, leaving standing, or stopping the vehicle on a street or highway and blocking or impeding the normal movement of traffic for the purpose of soliciting, negotiating, or consummating an employment transaction with a person standing on or in proximity to the street or highway. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0146** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0146.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0248.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **69–17** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/5/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** 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`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0146) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 158

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae01e89c-fa44-4886-9a94-9027e309ca43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).