republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-2836.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of personal delivery devices; specifies that a personal delivery device may be operated in pedestrian areas up to 10 miles per hour and is not considered a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of personal delivery devices; specifies that a personal delivery device may be operated in pedestrian areas up to 10 miles per hour and is not considered a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2836"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2836 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9141a4d7-5db3-4dc9-adfe-d640abc2468c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2836&GA=111"
source_hash: "535381195b90ff75a9b76e3fe0e93ae50ff4611068e31b74071cae501c6bacdd"
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 2836 (111) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of personal delivery devices; specifies that a personal delivery device may be operated in pedestrian areas up to 10 miles per hour and is not considered a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0608.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2836.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2020 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/25/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2020 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (1) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marsh — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Reset on cal. for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-20
- **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
- **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-06-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0608) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-01** 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 - HA0608) `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. 685
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 685

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9141a4d7-5db3-4dc9-adfe-d640abc2468c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).