republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2698.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing unclaimed and abandoned vehicles in regard to notice and verifying ownership; creates towing advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing unclaimed and abandoned vehicles in regard to notice and verifying ownership; creates towing advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2698"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2698 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Doss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f760bd-f299-431a-b844-1f37646e7f8b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2698&GA=110"
source_hash: "712ad630f6bc5110ea4157c0b7a7f6ecaec99dfae4b4d1b442145b9bcf5e94e9"
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 2698 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing unclaimed and abandoned vehicles in regard to notice and verifying ownership; creates towing advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16.

## 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/SB2698.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2018 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **28–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **28–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Doss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** Senate Reset on calendar 4/2/18
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0964)
- **2018-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0835)
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0905) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0904) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 850
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 850

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27f760bd-f299-431a-b844-1f37646e7f8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).