republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2583.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises and expands Class A misdemeanor relating to counterfeit airbags and similar restraint system components. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises and expands Class A misdemeanor relating to counterfeit airbags and similar restraint system components. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2583"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2583 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butt", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de370f66-a837-470d-8491-94a5ae447ef7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2583&GA=110"
source_hash: "7897c1c5218781e52cfbed5d9d1a1a37d32abb728578aa01652e40726fca39f3"
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 2583 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises and expands Class A misdemeanor relating to counterfeit airbags and similar restraint system components. - Amends TCA Title 39 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/SB2583.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — **83–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butt — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/13/2018
- **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** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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`
- **2018-03-21** 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`
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-26** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0829)
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0861) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **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** Pub. Ch. 748
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 748

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de370f66-a837-470d-8491-94a5ae447ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).