republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-538.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions governing towing of vehicles and liens of garagekeepers and towing firms; expands the towing advisory board from nine to 11 members by adding a member appointed by the Tennessee Trucking Association and a member appointed by the American Car Rental Association. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16 and Title 55, Chapter 23.	Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions governing towing of vehicles and liens of garagekeepers and towing firms; expands the towing advisory board from nine to 11 members by adding a member appointed by the Tennessee Trucking Association and a member appointed by the American Car Rental Association. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16 and Title 55, Chapter 23.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 538	Tennessee HB 538 (111)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Bailey Howell	2	37	7	2019-02-04	2019-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f8c5e7fb-eaa2-4f4e-bebc-ff195a52e848	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0538&GA=111	5d5be9d45b0e0f7909a526d2ce48b320fea9e07d1e88c1b7dbe446729fb167ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 538 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions governing towing of vehicles and liens of garagekeepers and towing firms; expands the towing advisory board from nine to 11 members by adding a member appointed by the Tennessee Trucking Association and a member appointed by the American Car Rental Association. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16 and Title 55, Chapter 23.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0171 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/12/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2019 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2019 Passed (2) — 30–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Howell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-03-08 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
• 2019-03-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-19 Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-04 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/19
• 2019-04-04 Reset on next avail. cal.
• 2019-04-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0171) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-10 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/15/2019
• 2019-04-15 Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0171) passage
• 2019-04-17 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-17 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 209
• 2019-05-01 Pub. Ch. 209
• 2019-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/25/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8c5e7fb-eaa2-4f4e-bebc-ff195a52e848. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).