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type: "Bill"
title: "Highway Signs - As enacted, establishes provisions governing specific service signs where more than six businesses of a specific service type are eligible for sign panels. - Amends TCA Title 54."
description: "Highway Signs - As enacted, establishes provisions governing specific service signs where more than six businesses of a specific service type are eligible for sign panels. - Amends TCA Title 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Tennessee HB 544 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highway Signs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Powers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30aab9a7-648b-4110-9495-ffc57b4ba3d2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0544&GA=112"
source_hash: "5af0f457312bb6a2dd0fe8345e7c33a5ee24c36133fc287269bb0790a249f421"
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 544 (112) — Highway Signs - As enacted, establishes provisions governing specific service signs where more than six businesses of a specific service type are eligible for sign panels. - Amends TCA Title 54.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0183.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0418.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0194** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0194.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0544.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/23/2021 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (2) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2021 Passed (3) — **110** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/31/2021 Passed (4) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Massey — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0194)
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0418) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0183) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0418) `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 584
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 584
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30aab9a7-648b-4110-9495-ffc57b4ba3d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).