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type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of electric foot scooters; specifies that for purposes of the DUI laws, an electric scooter will be considered a motor-driven vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of electric foot scooters; specifies that for purposes of the DUI laws, an electric scooter will be considered a motor-driven vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1220"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1220 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Potts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1311d1-c96a-46cb-a8df-a0969370c793"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1220&GA=111"
source_hash: "8326d1f0d6919a93fe4a39aeb5ae9e0fbe2dff72599615a00b2a6863f275c2ee"
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 1220 (111) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of electric foot scooters; specifies that for purposes of the DUI laws, an electric scooter will be considered a motor-driven vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0223.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0475.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0280.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1220.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **7218** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (2) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/19/2019 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **81** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Potts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/19
- **2019-04-18** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Reset on cal. for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0223) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0280)
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Re-ref. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0475) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed H. as am., Ayes 72, Nays 18, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0475) `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 388
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 388
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe1311d1-c96a-46cb-a8df-a0969370c793`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).