republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2915.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Ethan Wade Walls Act," which authorizes proration of the registration fee for freight motor vehicles operated for commercial purposes upon the death of an eligible operator of the freight motor vehicle; requires submission of certain documentation prior to issuance of a refund for the unused portion of the registration fee paid. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Ethan Wade Walls Act," which authorizes proration of the registration fee for freight motor vehicles operated for commercial purposes upon the death of an eligible operator of the freight motor vehicle; requires submission of certain documentation prior to issuance of a refund for the unused portion of the registration fee paid. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2915	Tennessee SB 2915 (113)	bill	Motor Vehicles Titling and Registration	enacted	Bailey	4	26	4	2024-02-01	2024-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6558e1b3-a68f-474a-9edb-a1eadff31506	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2915&GA=113	227ca75700a3aaf5c8976ffc2f082fe23b7e889e3bd259703b0c77b8950a1ae1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2915 (113) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Ethan Wade Walls Act," which authorizes proration of the registration fee for freight motor vehicles operated for commercial purposes upon the death of an eligible operator of the freight motor vehicle; requires submission of certain documentation prior to issuance of a refund for the unused portion of the registration fee paid. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0532 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA1089 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0612 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/23/2024 Passed (1) — 28–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2024 Passed (2) — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2024 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee passage
• 2024-02-28 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
• 2024-03-06 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-03-15 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
• 2024-03-18 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/21/2024
• 2024-03-19 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024
• 2024-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-03-21 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0612)
• 2024-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-25 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-22 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2024
• 2024-04-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1089) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-22 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0532) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-22 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-23 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1089) passage
• 2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-25 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-26 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-29 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/09/2024
• 2024-05-13 Pub. Ch. 963

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6558e1b3-a68f-474a-9edb-a1eadff31506. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).