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

SB 1335 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to motor vehicle financial responsibility.

Last action — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  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 February 04, 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

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - 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.

Bill Text

Action 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.

  18. Filed for introduction

  19. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

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

  21. Sponsor change.

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

  23. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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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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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1335 do?
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - 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.
Who sponsors SB 1335?
SB 1335 is sponsored by Powers, Bill (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1335?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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