Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1055: Traffic Safety - As introduced, raises, from 70 mph to 75 mph, the maximum statutory speed limit on a highway of the interstate and defense highway system or a four-lane controlled-access highway which are federal or state highways; raises, from 55 mph to 60 mph, the minimum statutory speed limit in the left lane of such highways; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

Introduced Last action February 6, 2025: Intro., P1C.

Plain-language summary

HB 1055 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Traffic Safety - As introduced, raises, from 70 mph to 75 mph, the maximum statutory speed limit on a highway of the interstate and defense highway system or a four-lane controlled-access highway which are federal or state highways; raises, from 55 mph to 60 mph, the minimum statutory speed limit in the left lane of such highways; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8. Primary sponsor: Sam McKenzie (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 6, 2025): Intro., P1C.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Sam McKenzie (Democratic).