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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2255"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2255 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mass Transit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950c93f6-d332-4011-a41d-3105a9e07c5a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2255&GA=110"
source_hash: "3baf898e9cfe6e3189407006ea3cb427e30cf9ddbc1a91e12fc79534fe93806a"
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 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2255.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **320** (fail) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2018 Passed (3) — **100** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **310** (fail) · upper
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2018 Passed (4) — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950c93f6-d332-4011-a41d-3105a9e07c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).