AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to reckless driving.
- Introduced Jan 31, 2024
- In committee Feb 5, 2024
- Died
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases, from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony, the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving; requires a person who commits a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving to attend a driver education course and to have their license suspended for at least six months; requires law enforcement to seize a person's vehicle and crush, destroy, or sell the vehicle upon a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
Every action
15 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
Show the 7 earlier steps
- HouseFiled for introduction
- HouseIntro., P1C.
- CommitteeP2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
- CommitteeAssigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
- CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2024
- CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2024
- CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- CommitteeRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
- CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/9/2024 · House Criminal Justice Committee
- CommitteeRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- CommitteeAssigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee · House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
- JT Joe Towns, Jr.D Primary sponsor · District 84
From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.