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type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1378"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1378 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sargent", "Tracy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36b46d7a-5b8c-4a9e-8bba-32bae5a0d77b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1378&GA=110"
source_hash: "cb2f41a99819cd821e027e72a87c051fe5a8cb8183a7265a2cf1bb2dbcf2fc25"
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 1378 (110) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1378.pdf)
## Votes
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/8/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017 3/16/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Sargent — primary (person)
- Tracy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 95
- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 95
- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36b46d7a-5b8c-4a9e-8bba-32bae5a0d77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).