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

HB 1272: Traffic Safety - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor for failure to properly adjust headlights by a person or entity that installs tires on a passenger motor vehicle or truck that are larger in total diameter than the original equipment manufacturer's tires installed; creates a Class B misdemeanor for installing such tires so as to cause the bumper or frame to exceed the maximum heights established in present law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9.

In committee Last action February 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 1272 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Traffic Safety - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor for failure to properly adjust headlights by a person or entity that installs tires on a passenger motor vehicle or truck that are larger in total diameter than the original equipment manufacturer's tires installed; creates a Class B misdemeanor for installing such tires so as to cause the bumper or frame to exceed the maximum heights established in present law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9. Primary sponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2025): P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican).