TN HB0559 | 2025-2026 | 114th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, removes the prohibition on a person 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 on a road or highway other than in a marked school zone or work zone; retains restrictions on activities such as texting on, reaching for, or watching or recording a video on such device while operating a motor vehicle on a road or highway. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-199.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-199, relative to use of a wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle.
Sponsors
| Rep. Kip Capley [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-05 | House | Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee |
| 2025-02-05 | House | P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB1408 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-12 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
Subjects
Tennessee State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0559&ga=114 |
| Text | https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0559.pdf |
