Mobile Homes and Manufactured Buildings

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify consequences for non-compliance with reporting requirements.

Mobile Home Transport Reporting

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Transportation to submit an annual report by March 15th each year about placards issued for transporting manufactured homes and incidents of unsafe driving reported through those placards.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Tennessee Department of Transportation to send a brief written summary no later than March 15, 2026, and annually thereafter.
• The report must include information on placards issued for transporting manufactured homes.
• Reports should also contain data about unsafe and erratic driving reported through the phone number 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 notice that must be displayed on vehicles transporting manufactured homes.

Transporter

The person who moves manufactured homes from one place to another.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if the report is not submitted by the deadline.
• It does not provide details on how unsafe driving incidents are reported or investigated.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 153
By Atchley

SENATE BILL 173
By Massey

SB0173
000949
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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.