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Transportation subcommittee: summary of committee actions and votes
Summary
The Tennessee House Transportation Subcommittee considered a final calendar of bills March 2025. Several measures were referred to full committee or summer study; others were taken off notice or failed. This roundup lists each item and the committee outcome.
The House Transportation Subcommittee met in March 2025 and considered a final calendar of transportation measures. The committee took the following actions (motions and tallies are committee records). Items with extensive testimony are covered in separate articles.
Votes at a glance
- HB 593 (Chairman Doggett) — Motion to send to summer study adopted; committee announced "the affirmative votes will send House Bill 593 to summer study"; tally reported as 8 ayes, 1 nay (advanced to summer study).
- HB 1211 (Chairman Keesling) — Taken off notice by sponsor (no committee vote recorded).
- HB 615 (Representative Travis) — Motion to send to summer study adopted, vote recorded 9 ayes, 0 nos (advanced to summer study).
- HB 816 (Representative Travis; amended) — Amendment adopted (draft code 005205). Committee voted to send HB 816 to full Transportation Committee; tally 9 ayes, 0 nos (advanced to full committee).
- HB 1284 (Representative Hill) — Taken off notice at sponsor's request.
- HB 197 (Representative Leatherwood) — See separate article for full coverage; amended and sent to full Transportation Committee, vote 8 ayes, 1 nay.
- HB 749 (Representative Reeves) — Motion to send to full Transportation Committee adopted; vote recorded as 7 ayes, 1 no, 1 present not voting (advanced to full committee).
- HB 556 (Representative Capley) — Failed in subcommittee; final tally 3 ayes, 5 nos, 1 present not voting (bill failed).
- HB 558 (Representative Capley) — Taken off notice without objection.
- HB 559 (Representative Capley) — Motion to send to summer study adopted, vote 9 ayes, 0 nos (advanced to summer study).
- HB 537 (Representative Capley) — Motion to send to full Transportation Committee (electronic registration/e‑copies) adopted, vote 9 ayes, 0 nos (advanced to full committee).
- HB 924 (Representative Towns) — Motion to send to summer study adopted, vote recorded 8 ayes, 0 nos, 1 present not voting (advanced to summer study).
- HB 788 — Taken off notice without objection.
- HB 1021 (Chairman Russell) — Motion to move to the first calendar of 2026 adopted by voice vote; committee directed stakeholders to meet on appraisal and compensation issues (rolled to 2026 first calendar).
- HB 212 (Chairman Howell) — Annual omnibus bill for specialty license plates; schedule of 44 amendments adopted; motion to send to full Transportation Committee adopted, vote 8 ayes, 0 nos (advanced to full committee).
- HB 213 (Chairman Howe) — Annual omnibus bill for naming highways/bridges; schedule of 40 amendments adopted; motion to send to full Transportation Committee adopted, vote 8 ayes, 0 nos (advanced to full committee).
- Miscellaneous procedural items — Several bills were amended for drafting codes, and the committee adopted omnibus amendment schedules for recurring annual bills.
Context: The subcommittee chair thanked members and staff for completing a larger-than-expected calendar. Several bills were removed from the agenda at sponsors' requests and a handful were sent to summer study to permit further work before full committee consideration. Bills forwarded to full Transportation Committee will receive additional review.
