Highways, Roads and Bridges

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details about TACIR's existing resources or how they will be used for funding, leaving this aspect uncertain.

Road Safety Study in Tennessee

This bill requires TACIR to study road safety issues and recommend ways to improve it for all users of public roads.

What This Bill Does

• TACIR must conduct a study on overall road safety, including different groups like drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit vehicle users.
• The study should identify unique safety problems faced by each group and suggest safe behaviors.
• It also needs to look at new designs and technologies that can make roads safer.
• TACIR must report its findings and recommendations to the relevant committees in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)
• State departments and agencies
• Road users such as drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit vehicle users

Terms To Know

Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)

A state agency that studies issues related to intergovernmental relations in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how TACIR will fund the study.
• It is unclear what specific actions will be taken based on the recommendations from the report.
• The exact impact of the proposed legislation and new technologies is unknown until the study is completed.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 446
By Massey

HOUSE BILL 1224
By Lafferty

HB1224
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 54 and Title 55, relative to road safety.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR)
shall conduct a study and prepare a report on recommendations regarding overall road
safety, including the safety of all users of public highways, roads, and streets in this
state, such as teen driving, older drivers, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, motorcycle
safety, and mass transit safety.
(b) The study and report must:
(1) Identify different groups of road users, including motor vehicle drivers,
bicyclists, pedestrians, transit vehicle users, and other users of public roads,
streets, and highways, and the safety problems unique to each group;
(2) Provide recommendations to promote safe behaviors for different
groups of road users; and
(3) Identify new designs and technologies to advance the goal of
increasing road safety.
(c) All appropriate state departments and agencies shall provide assistance to
TACIR in connection with the study required by subsection (a).
(d) On or before January 15, 2026, TACIR shall report its findings and
recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the chair of the committee of

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the house of representatives having jurisdiction over transportation matters, the chair of
the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the legislative librarian.
(e) It is the legislative intent that this study must be conducted from TACIR's
existing resources.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.