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type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. - Amends TCA Title 55."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. - Amends TCA Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1944"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1944 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ec90c3-2147-4f4f-9ab5-1867a4903654"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1944&GA=113"
source_hash: "37269f6a3f4af4396a5d82b2f34dd8b945f881c99f757573f9ac8c17c7b09aa1"
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 1944 (113) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. - Amends TCA Title 55.
## 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/113/Bill/HB1944.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **847** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/7/2024 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/7/2024 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 541
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69ec90c3-2147-4f4f-9ab5-1867a4903654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).