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Bill Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55. Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 SB 996 Tennessee SB 996 (110)
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Tennessee SB 996 (110) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55.

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: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2017 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Sargent — primary (person)
  • Tracy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
  • 2017-02-13 P1C.
  • 2017-02-15 Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-28 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2017
  • 2017-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
  • 2017-03-06 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2017-03-08 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/14/2017
  • 2017-03-08 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-09 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
  • 2017-03-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2017-03-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2017-03-14 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
  • 2017-03-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2017-03-16 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
  • 2017-03-20 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2017-03-20 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2017-03-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2017-03-20 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2017-03-21 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2017-03-22 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2017-03-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2017-03-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2017-04-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-04-11 Pub. Ch. 95
  • 2017-04-11 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
  • 2017-04-11 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 95

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9550e78-40a8-4de2-bba2-84153bf173fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).