---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the \"Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act,\" which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the \"Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act,\" which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Tennessee SB 228 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0f19231-da4c-4796-ba87-ad41aac2e8b7"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0228&ga=114"
source_hash: "03ff9f7c2d9ca3f7177cf264cf702c9409a25951985d2d330a704b15583159f9"
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 228 (114) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0159.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0001.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** 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 with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 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 as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0001)
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0159) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 157

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0f19231-da4c-4796-ba87-ad41aac2e8b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).