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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that a motorized wheelchair is not a motor vehicle for purposes of the rules of the road, accidents, and crimes involving motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that a motorized wheelchair is not a motor vehicle for purposes of the rules of the road, accidents, and crimes involving motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 101"
citation: "Tennessee HB 101 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Jernigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083dac80-4f1a-4d97-928e-1f5e5e4dbf5c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0101&GA=112"
source_hash: "270355488e61275b3b196200633ffcfaf1f53322d2caca8ac96b33ed8f95693a"
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 HB 101 (112) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that a motorized wheelchair is not a motor vehicle for purposes of the rules of the road, accidents, and crimes involving motor vehicles. - 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0101.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/24/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/23/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/1/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (2) — **880** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Jernigan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-10** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/17/2021
- **2021-02-16** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-17** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/24/2021
- **2021-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-02-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/1/2021
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 56
- **2021-04-06** Effective date(s) 03/29/2021
- **2021-04-06** Pub. Ch. 56
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083dac80-4f1a-4d97-928e-1f5e5e4dbf5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).