republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1962.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds to enforce electronic logging regulations against any motor vehicle transporting nonhazardous materials for farm purposes that does not travel outside the boundaries of the state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds to enforce electronic logging regulations against any motor vehicle transporting nonhazardous materials for farm purposes that does not travel outside the boundaries of the state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1962"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1962 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0f5f6f-5a87-4720-85a6-746c0681106f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1962&GA=110"
source_hash: "c7c3cce6c70c22ea6f403c2ec5701a8bdb16a3a00187adf6165cbdef56665bb5"
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 1962 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds to enforce electronic logging regulations against any motor vehicle transporting nonhazardous materials for farm purposes that does not travel outside the boundaries of the state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and 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/HB1962.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/7/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/21/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/13/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018 3/29/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Action deferred in Senate Transportation & Safety Committee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0837)
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0859) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 733
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 733
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c0f5f6f-5a87-4720-85a6-746c0681106f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).