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TennesseeSB 0954114th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to speed limits.

Sponsored By: Bill Powers (Republican)

Became Law

Traffic Safety

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Bill Overview

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Counties can lower speed limits on local roads

The law lets any Tennessee county, including metro counties, set lower speed limits on roads the county maintains. The county must post the right signs and, as needed, traffic signals. A county can pass a resolution to let the highway chief set limits, but only if the department has an engineer and completes traffic studies. Those studies must follow standard traffic engineering practices, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and state guidelines, and they must be written down and kept. In counties with a commission form of government, the board of commissioners holds this power. The law takes effect immediately.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Bill Powers

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 41 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/17/2025

FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/12/2025

TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Pub. Ch. 123

    4/8/2025

  2. Effective date(s) 04/03/2025

    4/8/2025

  3. Signed by Governor.

    4/3/2025Senate

  4. Signed by H. Speaker

    3/26/2025House

  5. Transmitted to Governor for action.

    3/26/2025Senate

  6. Enrolled and ready for signatures

    3/25/2025Senate

  7. Signed by Senate Speaker

    3/25/2025Senate

  8. Subst. for comp. HB.

    3/24/2025House

  9. Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0

    3/24/2025House

  10. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

    3/20/2025House

  11. Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

    3/17/2025Senate

  12. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    3/17/2025Senate

  13. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025

    3/14/2025Senate

  14. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

    3/12/2025Senate

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

    3/5/2025Senate

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

    2/12/2025Senate

  17. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    2/10/2025Senate

  18. Filed for introduction

    2/5/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Enrolled / Public Chapter

    PDF

  • Fiscal Note

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

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