republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-40.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the \"2021 Precious Cargo Act,\" which establishes procedures for certain citizens with intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition to communicate specific needs to law enforcement and first responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the \"2021 Precious Cargo Act,\" which establishes procedures for certain citizens with intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition to communicate specific needs to law enforcement and first responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "Tennessee HB 40 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ogles", "Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7e5cd7-a64c-4fbe-a7c1-3c928abbc1f5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0040&GA=112"
source_hash: "57fddaee8c73ca9e7eeeef6f1f3ba7ab0e10caf46139b8fb57c415733113447f"
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 40 (112) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "2021 Precious Cargo Act," which establishes procedures for certain citizens with intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition to communicate specific needs to law enforcement and first responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0009.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0016** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0016.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0040.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/1/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/23/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/24/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ogles — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-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 if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-02-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/1/2021
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0016)
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Regular 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 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0009) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **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. 55
- **2021-04-06** Effective date(s) 01/01/2022
- **2021-04-06** Pub. Ch. 55

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e7e5cd7-a64c-4fbe-a7c1-3c928abbc1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).