republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-78.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, urges the department of revenue to study the enforcement of disabled parking violations; requires department to report its findings and recommendations on or before February 1, 2020, to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, urges the department of revenue to study the enforcement of disabled parking violations; requires department to report its findings and recommendations on or before February 1, 2020, to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Tennessee SB 78 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kurita", "Reedy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d59225-40ea-4e02-9fa9-72fb2a8f07d7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0078&GA=111"
source_hash: "bf8cc4d170ae843eaae4224106758f2c134a00da695c773df9b00d677f091a91"
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 78 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, urges the department of revenue to study the enforcement of disabled parking violations; requires department to report its findings and recommendations on or before February 1, 2020, to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0002.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0010.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0078.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/12/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/5/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/18/2019 Passed — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/13/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/21/2019 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/18/2019 2/14/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kurita — primary (person)
- Reedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-01-30** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/5/2019
- **2019-01-30** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-06** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/14/2019
- **2019-02-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/18/2019
- **2019-02-18** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0002) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-02-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0010)
- **2019-02-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-02-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-02-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 4
- **2019-03-08** Pub. Ch. 4
- **2019-03-08** Effective date(s) 03/07/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8d59225-40ea-4e02-9fa9-72fb2a8f07d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).