republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1046.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, expands the definitions of Class I off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles to include those off-highway vehicles with a total dry weight up to 3,500 pounds; clarifies that the width of such vehicles must be measured from the outside of the tire rim to the outside of the tire rim. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, expands the definitions of Class I off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles to include those off-highway vehicles with a total dry weight up to 3,500 pounds; clarifies that the width of such vehicles must be measured from the outside of the tire rim to the outside of the tire rim. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1046"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1046 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keisling", "Southerland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f3bdce-6f11-416a-b571-27eb7c6eccf0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1046&GA=112"
source_hash: "7bbab99786ea009ea218b35b84b97478ad5647c39ebdc37d658ad59a2b5a2ff4"
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 1046 (112) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, expands the definitions of Class I off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles to include those off-highway vehicles with a total dry weight up to 3,500 pounds; clarifies that the width of such vehicles must be measured from the outside of the tire rim to the outside of the tire rim. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0024.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0066** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0066.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1046.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keisling — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0066)
- **2021-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0024) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/07/2021
- **2021-04-12** Pub. Ch. 103
- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 103

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78f3bdce-6f11-416a-b571-27eb7c6eccf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).