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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes automobile transporters meeting certain length limitations to operate on the national network of highways; revises related vehicle size, weight, and load provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes automobile transporters meeting certain length limitations to operate on the national network of highways; revises related vehicle size, weight, and load provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "Tennessee SB 780 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eef7b5ff-0f69-4c4e-8c33-e01ae0f61533"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0780&GA=111"
source_hash: "c8f6eac84228723aea2f22e86e5cbc24d08c13385018ae11bcbef3016e5a92c4"
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 780 (111) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes automobile transporters meeting certain length limitations to operate on the national network of highways; revises related vehicle size, weight, and load provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.
## 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/SB0780.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2019 Passed — **280** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2019 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2019 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2019 Passed (1) — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-28** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2019-03-28** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 216
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 216
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eef7b5ff-0f69-4c4e-8c33-e01ae0f61533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).