---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, adds the word \"valor\" to the Silver Star specialty license plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, adds the word \"valor\" to the Silver Star specialty license plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1154"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1154 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Ragan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52e0653b-f4f1-4fca-8b37-a6f473d6d861"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1154&GA=111"
source_hash: "53b4e099b80d6d385d743db6a8af69239982b8ae427bc77167533f5b88f384c5"
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 HB 1154 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, adds the word "valor" to the Silver Star specialty license plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0009.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0180.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1154.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0009) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0180)
- **2019-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 171
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/18/2019
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 171

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52e0653b-f4f1-4fca-8b37-a6f473d6d861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).