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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: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, eliminates the disabled license plate fee for a parent or guardian of an individual who is permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair and who does not own or operate a vehicle; discontinues the honorary consular cultural plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2."
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description: "Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, eliminates the disabled license plate fee for a parent or guardian of an individual who is permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair and who does not own or operate a vehicle; discontinues the honorary consular cultural plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2."
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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 257"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 257 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Titling and Registration"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/821ced2d-7be3-46a3-9850-d8b18ab28d71"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0257&GA=113"
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source_hash: "f308051101afdec893e2fd34a0f8b093c83b1e15d2dc72af5fd2fc10ecef4a35"
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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 257 (113) — Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, eliminates the disabled license plate fee for a parent or guardian of an individual who is permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair and who does not own or operate a vehicle; discontinues the honorary consular cultural plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
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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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0257.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/8/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `passage`
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- **2023-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-01** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/8/2023
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- **2023-02-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
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- **2023-02-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
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- **2023-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/27/2023
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- **2023-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2023-03-06** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2023-03-07** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-08** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-28** Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
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- **2023-03-28** Pub. Ch. 52
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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/821ced2d-7be3-46a3-9850-d8b18ab28d71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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