SB0446 • 2026

Highways, Roads and Bridges

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

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Sponsor: Massey, Lafferty
Last action: 2025-02-12
Official status: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about legislative intent beyond the requirement that the study must use existing resources.

Road Safety Study Act

This bill requires the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to study road safety and submit recommendations by January 15, 2026.

What This Bill Does

Requires TACIR to conduct a study about overall road safety in Tennessee, including different groups of road users such as drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit vehicle users.
Asks for recommendations on safe behaviors and new designs or technologies to improve road safety.
Requests that state departments help TACIR with the study.
Requires TACIR to report findings and suggestions to specific committees by January 15, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)
State departments and agencies in Tennessee
Committees in the Tennessee General Assembly

Terms To Know

TACIR: The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, a group that studies issues related to government operations.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how TACIR will fund or conduct the study beyond using existing resources.
It is unclear if and when any proposed legislation based on this report will be introduced.

Bill History

2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly
P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee
2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly
Intro., P1C.
2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction
2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1224
By Lafferty

SENATE BILL 446
By Massey

SB0446
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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.