Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details about what happens to non-plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Changing Registration Fees for Electric Vehicles

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

What This Bill Does

• Changes the current law that requires all hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric cars to pay a special $100 registration fee.
• Now, only plug-in hybrid electric cars will have to pay this extra fee after January 1, 2027.
• The fee for plug-in hybrids will be $100 until the end of 2027 and then adjust each year based on inflation or deflation.

Who It Names or Affects

• Owners of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in Tennessee.
• The state's Department of Revenue, which collects these fees.

Terms To Know

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

A car that can run on both electricity and gasoline. It has a battery that can be charged from an external power source.

Registration Fee

Money paid to the government when you register your vehicle, which is required by law before driving it.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens to hybrid electric vehicles that are not plug-in hybrids.
• It's unclear how much money this change will save or cost the state and local governments.

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

HOUSE BILL 1782
By Fritts

SENATE BILL 1839
By Hensley
SB1839
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.