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type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the \"Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act,\" which requires drivers to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary vehicle that has flashing hazard lights activated; increases fines for failing to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary emergency, recovery, highway maintenance, solid waste, utility service, or other vehicle that has flashing lights activated. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the \"Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act,\" which requires drivers to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary vehicle that has flashing hazard lights activated; increases fines for failing to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary emergency, recovery, highway maintenance, solid waste, utility service, or other vehicle that has flashing lights activated. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 92"
citation: "Tennessee HB 92 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca06accc-bd50-41ba-b2ac-796d5f1111b9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0092&GA=113"
source_hash: "6da845fee8a84d3a2c5bf356c8a907a60e211cb577f73dbfa8eaed02ead9cb94"
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 92 (113) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act," which requires drivers to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary vehicle that has flashing hazard lights activated; increases fines for failing to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary emergency, recovery, highway maintenance, solid waste, utility service, or other vehicle that has flashing lights activated. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment SA0121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0121.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0092.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/15/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **890** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/28/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/19/2023 Passed — **950** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **272** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gillespie — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Action def. in Transportation Committee to Next Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023
- **2023-03-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-27** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3/30/23
- **2023-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0121)
- **2023-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-19** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 1 HB0092
- **2023-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-18** Pub. Ch. 354
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca06accc-bd50-41ba-b2ac-796d5f1111b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).