Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 0596 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 65, relative to vehicles that haul poles, logs, or timber.

Last action — Deferred to Summer Study

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 30, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 28% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires a motor vehicle exceeding 75 feet in length and hauling a load of poles, logs, or timber to haul the load on a trailer having an extendable and retractable rear impact protection or to be followed by an escort vehicle that is signed. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Deferred to Summer Study

  2. Def. to Summer Study in Transportation Subcommittee

  3. Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  4. Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/19/2025

  5. Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  6. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee

  7. Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  8. Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/12/2025

  9. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  10. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  11. P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

  12. Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

  13. Intro., P1C.

  14. Filed for introduction

  15. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety transportation
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0596 do?
Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires a motor vehicle exceeding 75 feet in length and hauling a load of poles, logs, or timber to haul the load on a trailer having an extendable and retractable rear impact protection or to be followed by an escort vehicle that is signed. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.
Who sponsors SB 0596?
SB 0596 is sponsored by Gardenhire, Todd (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0596?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 30, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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