republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1597.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue salvage certificates to an insurance company, automotive dismantler and recycler, or salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55.	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue salvage certificates to an insurance company, automotive dismantler and recycler, or salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1597	Tennessee SB 1597 (111)	bill	Motor Vehicles Titling and Registration	enacted	Boyd Briggs	2	37	7	2020-01-14	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a07c4415-ae06-4e81-be78-0552cef1a7be	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1597&GA=111	3697483ab24e5b8bb40deabab02d5962a2478a6dee033b59d5b0981bae42a348	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1597 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue salvage certificates to an insurance company, automotive dismantler and recycler, or salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0538 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/3/2020 Passed (2) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/29/2020 Passed — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/4/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boyd — primary (person)
• Briggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-15 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-16 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-01-22 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 1/29/2020
• 2020-01-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• 2020-01-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-23 Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2020-01-29 Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
• 2020-01-30 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/3/2020
• 2020-01-30 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 1/30/2020
• 2020-02-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 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
• 2020-02-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-02-12 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/19/2020
• 2020-02-12 Action def. in Transportation Committee to 2/19/2020
• 2020-02-19 Rec. for pass. if am., 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 Reset on cal. for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-09 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0538) amendment-passage
• 2020-03-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-03-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-06-02 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/4/2020
• 2020-06-04 Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0538) passage
• 2020-06-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-08 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-06-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-06-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-06-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 675
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 10/01/2020
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 675

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a07c4415-ae06-4e81-be78-0552cef1a7be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).