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IntroducedJan 15, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Tennessee House Bill
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases from $25 to $500 the coverage failure fee imposed by the department of revenue for the first failure to comply with the James Lee Atwood Jr. Law; increases that fee to $1,500 and requires registration be suspended or revoked for a second or subsequent failure to comply; bars a plaintiff from recovering noneconomic damages from a defendant arising out of the use of a vehicle if the plaintiff was not in compliance with the financial responsibility law; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 08, 2026: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 1690
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Hicks Tprimary


- Howellcosponsor
- Helton-Haynescosponsor
- McCalmoncosponsor
- Reevescosponsor
Votes
YES: 7
NO: 2
OTHER: 0
YES: 18
NO: 2
OTHER: 0
YES: 15
NO: 3
OTHER: 0
YES: 9
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Placed behind the budget
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/10/2026
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee - Judiciary Committee
- Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Jan 15, 2026 | House
- Filed for introduction
Documents
- Fiscal Memo for HA0642 (15092) - Amendment 1-0 to HB1690
- House Fiscal Note (Dashboard): Fiscal Note for HB1690 -- Transportation Subcommittee 03/03/2026PDF
- House Supplemental (Dashboard): Scanned Fiscal Memo HB1690_FiscalMemo014218, 014383.pdf -- Transportation Subcommittee 03/03/2026PDF
- Video: Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Apr 1, 2026 (01h 48m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Mar 23, 2026 (01h 41m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Mar 18, 2026 (01h 23m)HTML
- Video: Transportation Committee Mar 10, 2026 (01h 05m)HTML
- Video: Transportation Subcommittee Mar 3, 2026 (01h 25m)HTML
