Legislative record

HB 559STATE · TennesseeIn Committee

Traffic Safety - 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.

Latest action: Def. to Summer Study in Transportation Subcommittee

Voted 3/18/2025

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Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/18/2025Def. to Summer Study in Transportation Subcommittee
  2. 3/12/2025Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
  3. 2/5/2025P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee
  4. 2/5/2025Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
  5. 2/3/2025Intro., P1C.
  6. 1/29/2025Filed for introduction