Tennessee Senate Bill 1965 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-31 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
Pending: Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires employees and contractors of the department of transportation and first responders to wear blaze orange vests with reflective tape when working on roads and highways; prohibits all other colored vests; requires the department of safety to provide training on proper interstate incident traffic control to each police officer in a department that contains in its jurisdiction an interstate highway. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 54; Title 55; Title 68, Chapter 102 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 54; Title 55; Title 68, Chapter 102 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to road safety.

Sen. Edward Jackson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-31	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
2022-01-27	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2022-01-26	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1861 (Crossfiled) 2022-02-02 - Withdrawn.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1965&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1965.pdf