republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2255.md

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Bill	Mass Transit - As enacted, designates department of transportation as state agency with oversight over safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Tennessee; makes other related revisions to comply with Title 49 of the United States Code. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 65.	Mass Transit - As enacted, designates department of transportation as state agency with oversight over safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Tennessee; makes other related revisions to comply with Title 49 of the United States Code. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 65.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 2255	Tennessee SB 2255 (110)	bill	Mass Transit	enacted	Hawk Norris	1	46	4	2018-01-23	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/950c93f6-d332-4011-a41d-3105a9e07c5a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2255&GA=110	3baf898e9cfe6e3189407006ea3cb427e30cf9ddbc1a91e12fc79534fe93806a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2255 (110) — Mass Transit - As enacted, designates department of transportation as state agency with oversight over safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Tennessee; makes other related revisions to comply with Title 49 of the United States Code. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 65.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — 32–0 (fail) · upper
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2018 Passed (3) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — 31–0 (fail) · upper
• SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2018 Passed (4) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hawk — primary (person)
• Norris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2018-01-25 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2018-01-30 Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• 2018-02-16 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
• 2018-02-21 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
• 2018-02-26 Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• 2018-02-26 Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-02-28 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
• 2018-02-28 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/6/2018
• 2018-02-28 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-28 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/20/2018
• 2018-03-06 Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-07 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018
• 2018-03-14 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
• 2018-03-14 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-19 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
• 2018-03-19 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 3/20/18
• 2018-03-20 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/27/2018
• 2018-03-21 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
• 2018-03-21 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
• 2018-03-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-27 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-03-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
• 2018-03-29 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018
• 2018-03-29 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/2/2018
• 2018-04-02 Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2018-04-02 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2018-04-02 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2018-04-02 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2018-04-02 Comp. SB subst.
• 2018-04-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2018-04-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2018-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2018-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2018-04-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 743
• 2018-04-23 Effective date(s) 04/18/2018
• 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/950c93f6-d332-4011-a41d-3105a9e07c5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).