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Bill Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts tow trucks that are responding to an emergency call received from a law enforcement agency from law that generally makes it a Class C misdemeanor to operate a vehicle on the shoulder or right-of-way of a state highway. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts tow trucks that are responding to an emergency call received from a law enforcement agency from law that generally makes it a Class C misdemeanor to operate a vehicle on the shoulder or right-of-way of a state highway. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 139 Tennessee SB 139 (112)
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Tennessee SB 139 (112) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts tow trucks that are responding to an emergency call received from a law enforcement agency from law that generally makes it a Class C misdemeanor to operate a vehicle on the shoulder or right-of-way of a state highway. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0184 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0118 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/24/2021 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/23/2021 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hall — primary (person)
  • Massey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-13 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-13 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-01-14 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-01-14 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2021-01-15 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
  • 2021-03-10 Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-10 Ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  • 2021-03-17 Sponsor change.
  • 2021-03-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/31/2021
  • 2021-03-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
  • 2021-03-29 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-03-29 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-03-29 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0118)
  • 2021-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-01 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
  • 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
  • 2021-04-12 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-12 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0184) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-04-12 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-04-12 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-14 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-04-20 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-22 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-04-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-04 Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
  • 2021-05-04 Pub. Ch. 243
  • 2021-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 243

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6eef6369-4447-46d2-b4e8-c8cd061c04f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).