Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide details on the duration of the color change requirement or any exceptions.

Changing Colors on Car Tags

This bill requires that each new validation tab or sticker put on car tags must have a different color scheme from the one used in the previous year.

What This Bill Does

• Requires that starting January 1, 2027, the validation tab or sticker for cars must be a different color scheme than the one used the year before.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who own cars in Tennessee and need to get validation tabs or stickers.
• The state agency that issues these tags and stickers.

Terms To Know

Validation tab

A sticker put on a car's license plate to show the car is registered for a certain year.

Color scheme

The colors used together in something like a design or decoration, such as stickers on car tags.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how many years the color change rule will last.
• It is unclear if there are any exceptions to this new rule for certain types of cars or situations.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1750
By Howell

SENATE BILL 1623
By Massey
SB1623
010773
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-
8-102 and Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to motor
vehicle registration.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-104, is amended by adding the
following at the end of subdivision (e)(1):
Beginning January 1, 2027, the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or other device
issued for a calendar year must be a different color scheme than the color scheme of the
validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or device issued for the previous calendar year.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.