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type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes a procedure for a person convicted of a speeding offense to remove up to five points charged to the person's driving record upon the person completing an approved defensive driving course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes a procedure for a person convicted of a speeding offense to remove up to five points charged to the person's driving record upon the person completing an approved defensive driving course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2251"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2251 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Parkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4cbea7a-5591-44f9-8aa2-088c7a2ec358"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2251&GA=112"
source_hash: "89a0755ce6d79a45e1115329ad64b32c3f343ac5dd1fb59985b4a562950e0008"
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 2251 (112) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes a procedure for a person convicted of a speeding offense to remove up to five points charged to the person's driving record upon the person completing an approved defensive driving course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2251.pdf)
## Votes
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/22/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Parkinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 710
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 710
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4cbea7a-5591-44f9-8aa2-088c7a2ec358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).