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type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize or impound a motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper; requires that the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, if present, be provided the opportunity to promptly remove the license plate flipper if it can be removed safely. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize or impound a motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper; requires that the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, if present, be provided the opportunity to promptly remove the license plate flipper if it can be removed safely. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Tennessee HB 300 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin G"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ad6afd-2f94-4a98-a977-0e9f02a6498b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0300&ga=114"
source_hash: "2a70c44af48a3082aba9771da97637173dd67ecf323a80457f848ab3b9c8fa2d"
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 300 (114) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize or impound a motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper; requires that the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, if present, be provided the opportunity to promptly remove the license plate flipper if it can be removed safely. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0005.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0018.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0300.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/3/2025 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/11/2025 Passed — **81** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **951** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **191** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Martin G — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/11/2025
- **2025-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0005) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0018)
- **2025-03-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Effective date(s) 03/26/2025
- **2025-03-31** Pub. Ch. 55
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12ad6afd-2f94-4a98-a977-0e9f02a6498b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).