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

HB 975: Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes counties to delegate authority to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department to set lower speed limits on county roads if the department employs an engineer who is capable of completing required engineering and traffic investigations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 975 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes counties to delegate authority to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department to set lower speed limits on county roads if the department employs an engineer who is capable of completing required engineering and traffic investigations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8. Primary sponsor: Burkhart. Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 123.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
BurkhartPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 123
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/24/2025
  4. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
  5. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  6. Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/11/2025
  7. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee
  8. Sponsor(s) Added.
  9. Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
  10. Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
  11. P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee
  12. Intro., P1C.

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source