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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of emergency plates to emergency medical responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of emergency plates to emergency medical responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2537"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2537 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Doggett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb8538f4-4776-445d-98d2-722e8fb2299e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2537&GA=111"
source_hash: "0105a719f4d5e116c7e1077d6651013b056e8184035e8bc9da9a0170852aee08"
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 2537 (111) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes issuance of emergency plates to emergency medical responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
## 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/111/Bill/HB2537.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (2) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2020 3/5/2020 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/18/2020 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Doggett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 597
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 597
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb8538f4-4776-445d-98d2-722e8fb2299e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).