Tennessee · House Bill 1321 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 55, relative to the use of global positioning systems while operating school buses.

HB 1321 Sponsored by Esther Helton-Haynes Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Jan 31, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 2, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

School Transportation - As enacted, allows school bus drivers to use a portable electronic device for navigation of the school bus and for accurately accounting for students at bus pick-up and drop-off locations through use of the device's global positioning system if no hands are used to hold the device or to enter data into the device while the school bus is in motion; the device is mounted on the school bus's windshield, dashboard, or center console area; and the driver views only data related to the navigation of the bus. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.

Every action

19 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 11 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. CommitteeP2C, ref. to Transportation Committee · House Transportation Committee
  4. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee · House Transportation Subcommittee
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2023 · House Transportation Subcommittee
  6. CommitteeRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee · House Transportation Committee
  7. CommitteePlaced on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/14/2023 · House Transportation Committee
  8. CommitteeRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  9. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  10. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2023 · House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  11. CommitteeRec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  1. CommitteePlaced on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/28/2023 · House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  2. CommitteeRec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  3. CommitteePlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023 · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  4. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
  5. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  6. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  7. HouseComp. SB subst.
  8. GovernorComp. became Pub. Ch. 210

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 10 cosponsors: 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats.

All 10 cosponsors

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.