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SB0684 • 2026

Education, Higher

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

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Sponsor
White, Baum
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not specify that the bill applies exclusively to all state universities and community colleges, so this claim was removed.

Changing Time Limit for Traffic Ordinance Cease

This bill changes the time limit from thirty to forty-five days after which local governments must stop making traffic rules on college campuses when requested by state education officials.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a law about how long cities have to stop making traffic rules for college campuses.
  • Increases the number of days from thirty to forty-five that a city has to follow a request to stop enforcing traffic laws on campus.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local governments that make traffic rules for college campuses
  • State institutions of higher education

Terms To Know

Tennessee Code Annotated
The official collection of laws in Tennessee
Municipal corporation
A city or town that has its own local government

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if a city does not stop making traffic rules after forty-five days.
  • The bill only changes the time limit and does not provide details on how to enforce this change.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  4. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  5. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 163
By Baum

SENATE BILL 684
By White

SB0684
001313
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to higher education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-105(c), is amended by deleting
"thirty (30) days" and substituting instead "forty-five (45) days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.