For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB0925 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: As introduced, exempts drivers and passengers over 21 years of age from the requirement to wear a crash helmet while operating or riding in motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, and motorized bicycles, if the person is covered by health or medical insurance other than insurance through TennCare; makes a violation of the helmet law a secondary offense. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-22 - Failed in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Comm [SB0925 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Vote: SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	5	-	5
Nay	4	2	2
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	9	2	7

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Bailey, Paul E. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Beavers, Mae [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Bowling, Janince [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Kyle Jr., James "Jim" F. [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Massey, Becky Duncan [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Niceley, Frank S. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Southerland, Steve [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Tracy, Jim [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Yarbro, Jeff [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart