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Bill Traffic Safety - As enacted, extends the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane, except for passing and other purposes, to interstates and multilane divided highways with two or more lanes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2. Traffic Safety - As enacted, extends the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane, except for passing and other purposes, to interstates and multilane divided highways with two or more lanes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 SB 1497 Tennessee SB 1497 (111)
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Tennessee SB 1497 (111) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, extends the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane, except for passing and other purposes, to interstates and multilane divided highways with two or more lanes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0524 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/12/2020 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/4/2020 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2020 Passed — 880 (pass) · lower
  • TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2019 Passed (2) — 70 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2020 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — 300 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 3/12/2020 Passed — 300 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bailey — primary (person)
  • Windle — 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 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
  • 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-27 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
  • 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 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2019-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2020-01-29 Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
  • 2020-02-04 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-05 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/12/2020
  • 2020-02-12 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
  • 2020-02-12 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2020-02-12 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-19 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/25/2020
  • 2020-02-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-25 Rec. for pass. ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
  • 2020-02-27 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
  • 2020-03-05 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2020-03-05 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0524) amendment-passage
  • 2020-03-05 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2020-03-05 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2020-03-10 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/12/2020
  • 2020-03-12 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0524) passage
  • 2020-03-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2020-03-16 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2020-03-16 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2020-03-17 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2020-03-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2020-03-26 Pub. Ch. 598
  • 2020-03-26 Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
  • 2020-03-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 598

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c8aeef6-7254-4d60-a511-df1b6570c6e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).