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HB0864Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to motor vehicle financial responsibility.

Introduced

Introduced by Tim Hicks, District 6

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, requires evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law prior to registering vehicles; increases from $25 to $50 the coverage failure fee imposed by the department of revenue for the first failure to comply with the James Lee Atwood Jr. Law; increases that fee to $250 for a second failure to comply and to $500 for a third or subsequent failure to comply; allocates 50 percent of the fees to county clerks. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

Where it stands

Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

March 24, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee · February 25, 2025

9

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

9 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
David Hawk5Yes
Fred Atchley12Yes
Dave Wright19Yes
Lowell Russell21Yes
Dan Howell22Yes
Michele Reneau27Yes
Ed Butler41Yes
Aftyn Behn51Yes
Jake McCalmon63Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

  5. Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/25/2025

  7. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee

  8. Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/4/2025

  9. Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/18/2025

  10. Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/18/2025

  11. Action def. in Transportation Committee to First Calendar of 2026

  12. Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 1/20/2026

  13. Taken off notice for cal. in Transportation Committee

  14. Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Transportation Committee

  15. Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/24/2026

  16. Taken off notice for cal. in Transportation Committee

  17. Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

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