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HB0153 • 2026

Mobile Homes and Manufactured Buildings

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to manufactured homes.

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Sponsor
Atchley, Massey
Last action
2025-01-16
Official status
Ref. to caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify any consequences for failing to submit the report on time or how the collected data will be used.

Mobile Home Transport Reporting

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Transportation to submit an annual report by March 15th each year starting in 2026 about placards issued for transporting manufactured homes, including data on unsafe and erratic driving reported using the phone number on the placards.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Tennessee Department of Transportation to send a yearly summary no later than March 15, 2026, and each subsequent year, concerning placards issued for transporting manufactured homes.
  • The report must include data on unsafe and erratic driving reported using the phone number that appears on the placards.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tennessee Department of Transportation
  • Committees in the Tennessee House of Representatives with jurisdiction over transportation matters
  • Transportation and safety committee of the Senate

Terms To Know

Placard
A sign or card that gives important information, like a phone number for reporting unsafe driving.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the report is not submitted on time.
  • It's unclear how this data will be used after it is collected.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  2. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  3. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk pending appointment of Standing Committees

  4. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  5. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  7. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 173
By Massey

HOUSE BILL 153
By Atchley

HB0153
000949
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55;
Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to
manufactured homes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-411, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(d) The department of transportation shall submit a brief written summary to the
committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation matters
and the transportation and safety committee of the senate no later than March 15, 2026,
and March 15 of each subsequent year, concerning placards issued to transporters of
manufactured homes pursuant to this section, including data on unsafe and erratic
driving reported to the department using the telephone number that appears on the
placards.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.