Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide information about regular hybrid electric vehicles being exempt from the additional fee beyond January 1, 2027. The adjustment for inflation or deflation is mentioned but lacks specific details on how it will be applied after 2028.

Changing Registration Fees for Electric Vehicles

This bill changes Tennessee's law to require an additional $100 registration fee only for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles starting in 2027.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the current law so that only plug-in hybrid electric cars need to pay an additional $100 when they register their car from January 1, 2027 onwards.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who own plug-in hybrid electric cars will have to pay an additional $100 when they register their car starting in 2027.

Terms To Know

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

A type of vehicle that can run on electricity from a plug and also has an internal combustion engine for longer trips.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if there is no inflation or deflation after 2028.
• It's unclear how many people will be affected since the exact number of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles isn't provided.

Official Summary Text

Present law provides that in
addition to all other motor vehicle registration fees prescribed by law, there must be paid to the department
of revenue
at the time the vehicle registration is renewed an additional registration fee
. For hybrid electric
vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
, such additional registration fee is determined according to the following schedule:



P
rior to January 1, 2028, $100
; and


On or after January 1, 2028, $100, adjusted to reflect annual inflation or deflation
.

This bill rewrites the provisions above such that, beginning on January 1, 2027, such additional registration fee will only be applied to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1839
By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 1782
By Fritts
HB1782
009816
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
55-4-116, relative to registration fees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-116(a)(2), is amended by
deleting the language "hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles" and
substituting instead the language "plug-in hybrid electric vehicles".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-116(a)(2)(A), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
(A) On or after January 1, 2027, and prior to January 1, 2028, one hundred
dollars ($100); and
SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 2027, the public welfare requiring it.