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

SB 248: Traffic Safety - As enacted, creates the offense of an occupant of a vehicle parking, leaving standing, or stopping the vehicle on a street or highway and blocking or impeding the normal movement of traffic for the purpose of soliciting, negotiating, or consummating an employment transaction with a person standing on or in proximity to the street or highway. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55.

Enacted Last action May 2, 2025: Pub. Ch. 158

Plain-language summary

SB 248 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Traffic Safety - As enacted, creates the offense of an occupant of a vehicle parking, leaving standing, or stopping the vehicle on a street or highway and blocking or impeding the normal movement of traffic for the purpose of soliciting, negotiating, or consummating an employment transaction with a person standing on or in proximity to the street or highway. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55. Primary sponsor: Bo Watson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Pub. Ch. 158.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Bo Watson (Republican).