republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2343.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroads - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study and make recommendations regarding the potential for passenger rail service linking the major cities in each of the grand divisions of the state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65."
description: "Railroads - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study and make recommendations regarding the potential for passenger rail service linking the major cities in each of the grand divisions of the state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2343"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2343 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parkinson", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/322216cc-6846-4efd-af4d-318038d71f74"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2343&GA=112"
source_hash: "68e2e2c7c677376acfcd07e0b176839119842558315abe8ccf15516157fd7d93"
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 2343 (112) — Railroads - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study and make recommendations regarding the potential for passenger rail service linking the major cities in each of the grand divisions of the state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0564** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0564.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0600** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0600.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2343.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/22/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **75–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parkinson — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0600)
- **2022-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 14, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0564) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1114
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1114

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/322216cc-6846-4efd-af4d-318038d71f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).