Bill Texts: TN SB0173 | 2019-2020 | 111th General Assembly

Bill Title: As enacted, prohibits a person from physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; imposes other similar restrictions on activities such as texting; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 412 [SB0173 Detail]

Note: Tennessee does not provide sufficient information to determine typical named revision of bills. Therefore only drafts are captured, the highest order draft will always be the current version.

Bill Drafts

RevisionDateFormatSourceView
Chaptered2019-05-23PDFLinkView
Draft (#1)2019-01-28PDFLinkView (#1)

Amendments

AmendmentDateDispositionFormatSourceView
SA0184Not AvailProposedPDFLinkView
SA0198Not AvailProposedPDFLinkView
SA0199Not AvailProposedPDFLinkView

Supplemental Documents

TitleDescriptionDateFormatSourceView
Fiscal NoteSB0173Not AvailPDFLinkView
Fiscal MemoFiscal Memo for SA0184 (6464)Not AvailPDFLinkView

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