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type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, deletes provision that prevents a person from entering into a future payment plan if the person defaults on an installment payment plan for the payment of reinstatement or restoration fees for a license or registration that is suspended or revoked; takes effect on earlier of date that the department of safety's \"A-List\" driver license program is capable of implementing this act or July 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-129."
description: "Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, deletes provision that prevents a person from entering into a future payment plan if the person defaults on an installment payment plan for the payment of reinstatement or restoration fees for a license or registration that is suspended or revoked; takes effect on earlier of date that the department of safety's \"A-List\" driver license program is capable of implementing this act or July 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-129."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2185"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2185 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Responsibility Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a33d601-e253-4509-b686-60329951280f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2185&GA=112"
source_hash: "b3895450a59a427227a89b9cfddd1a6441783c2c21e655712128eae69d659880"
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 2185 (112) — Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, deletes provision that prevents a person from entering into a future payment plan if the person defaults on an installment payment plan for the payment of reinstatement or restoration fees for a license or registration that is suspended or revoked; takes effect on earlier of date that the department of safety's "A-List" driver license program is capable of implementing this act or July 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-129.
## 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/HB2185.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (3) — **70** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/22/2022 (7) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **110** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (2) — **880** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/1/2022 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-02-16** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 788
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 788
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a33d601-e253-4509-b686-60329951280f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).