---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the motor vehicle commission from denying an application for a license, or revoking or suspending the license, of a manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative because such person has failed to deliver motor vehicles within 60 days of a dealer's order due to an act of God, a work stoppage or delay due to a strike or other labor action, a lack of available manufacturing capacity, a freight embargo, or other cause or material issue over which the person has no control; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the motor vehicle commission from denying an application for a license, or revoking or suspending the license, of a manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative because such person has failed to deliver motor vehicles within 60 days of a dealer's order due to an act of God, a work stoppage or delay due to a strike or other labor action, a lack of available manufacturing capacity, a freight embargo, or other cause or material issue over which the person has no control; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Tennessee SB 608 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d24b8d-695b-4167-a4d4-5a4713f63166"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0608&ga=114"
source_hash: "3ee52a557269ae56143f5259b8caee07a8551e7157a3cf6eab57cd1846606a88"
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 608 (114) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the motor vehicle commission from denying an application for a license, or revoking or suspending the license, of a manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative because such person has failed to deliver motor vehicles within 60 days of a dealer's order due to an act of God, a work stoppage or delay due to a strike or other labor action, a lack of available manufacturing capacity, a freight embargo, or other cause or material issue over which the person has no control; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0677.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0503.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0608.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/24/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Transportation & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-17** Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2026-02-17** Recalled from Senate Transportation & Safety Committee
- **2026-02-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0503)
- **2026-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0677) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/05/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 885

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95d24b8d-695b-4167-a4d4-5a4713f63166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).