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type: "Bill"
title: "Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has a family restroom; requires the department to post on its website rest areas and welcome centers that have family restrooms. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12 and Title 54."
description: "Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has a family restroom; requires the department to post on its website rest areas and welcome centers that have family restrooms. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12 and Title 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Tennessee SB 147 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highway Signs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80af9cd0-5aa2-41ec-a764-573eaf0fbe84"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0147&ga=114"
source_hash: "e800147cbd1ae67a27fe4a55f913ec818b945b78a127cb674129b4ca84dd6154"
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 SB 147 (114) — Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has a family restroom; requires the department to post on its website rest areas and welcome centers that have family restrooms. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12 and Title 54.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0006** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0006.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0151.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0147.pdf)
## Votes
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2025 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lowe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0151)
- **2025-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0006) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 412
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80af9cd0-5aa2-41ec-a764-573eaf0fbe84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).