republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1045.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, prohibits persons from loitering or conducting any commercial activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway; creates a Class C misdemeanor offense that requires issuance of a warning citation for a first offense; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, prohibits persons from loitering or conducting any commercial activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway; creates a Class C misdemeanor offense that requires issuance of a warning citation for a first offense; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1045"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1045 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell", "Kyle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d0a01ff-a1f7-4586-9a4f-b69acd8d32e5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1045&GA=111"
source_hash: "827f3ef0aa9d27fc8606868d629aa420f4751378adf937af6d651e76cfa1a764"
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 1045 (111) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, prohibits persons from loitering or conducting any commercial activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway; creates a Class C misdemeanor offense that requires issuance of a warning citation for a first offense; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0224.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0181.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1045.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Kyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action Def. in s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0181)
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0224) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 184
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 184

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d0a01ff-a1f7-4586-9a4f-b69acd8d32e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).