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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "School Transportation - As enacted, allows school bus drivers to use a portable electronic device for navigation of the school bus and for accurately accounting for students at bus pick-up and drop-off locations through use of the device's global positioning system if no hands are used to hold the device or to enter data into the device while the school bus is in motion; the device is mounted on the school bus's windshield, dashboard, or center console area; and the driver views only data related to the navigation of the bus. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
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description: "School Transportation - As enacted, allows school bus drivers to use a portable electronic device for navigation of the school bus and for accurately accounting for students at bus pick-up and drop-off locations through use of the device's global positioning system if no hands are used to hold the device or to enter data into the device while the school bus is in motion; the device is mounted on the school bus's windshield, dashboard, or center console area; and the driver views only data related to the navigation of the bus. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "SB 1434"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1434 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["School Transportation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-01"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a627adbb-51a1-477d-bbf2-c2a01501ee1f"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1434&GA=113"
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source_hash: "17ab5eeb7b2dbcdd2c2d6d8d4985fb5a3e9cac87988a68dcc5afc82e86268206"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1434 (113) — School Transportation - As enacted, allows school bus drivers to use a portable electronic device for navigation of the school bus and for accurately accounting for students at bus pick-up and drop-off locations through use of the device's global positioning system if no hands are used to hold the device or to enter data into the device while the school bus is in motion; the device is mounted on the school bus's windshield, dashboard, or center console area; and the driver views only data related to the navigation of the bus. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0121.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0084.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1434.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Roberts — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
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- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2023
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- **2023-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/1/2023
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- **2023-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2023
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- **2023-03-09** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/13/2023
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- **2023-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
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- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2023-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0084)
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- **2023-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2023-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0121) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2023-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2023-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
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- **2023-05-04** Pub. Ch. 210
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a627adbb-51a1-477d-bbf2-c2a01501ee1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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