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type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires officers to request evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law when a driver of a motor vehicle violates a motor vehicle equipment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 9."
description: "Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires officers to request evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law when a driver of a motor vehicle violates a motor vehicle equipment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "Tennessee SB 859 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Responsibility Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Holsclaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64377e87-6a88-48f7-a86f-60e949b24d30"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0859&GA=111"
source_hash: "3181b473ebed76a4b100a3db82121f81eb28cf2e351ca978242db5291c1fffd1"
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 859 (111) — Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires officers to request evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law when a driver of a motor vehicle violates a motor vehicle equipment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 9.
## 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/SB0859.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE PROPERTY & CASUALTY SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/12/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **272** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **81** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **912** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Crowe — primary (person)
- Holsclaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** 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 Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 246
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 246
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/02/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64377e87-6a88-48f7-a86f-60e949b24d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).