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Bill Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcements Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcements Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 228 Tennessee SB 228 (114)
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Tennessee SB 228 (114) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcements Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0159 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0001 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed — 321 (pass) · upper
  • TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2025 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-17 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-01-27 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
  • 2025-02-19 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2025-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
  • 2025-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-02-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-02-24 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 1 passage
  • 2025-02-24 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0001)
  • 2025-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-03-31 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2025-03-31 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0159) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2025-03-31 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-04-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-03 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
  • 2025-05-02 Pub. Ch. 157

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0f19231-da4c-4796-ba87-ad41aac2e8b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).