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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 628

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1874

                                By Representatives Greg Martin, Howell, Todd

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1742

                                                 By Senator Gardenhire
          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to hybrid
electric vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-116(e), is amended by deleting
subdivision (2) and substituting instead the following:

                    (2) "Hybrid electric vehicle":
                              (A) Means a vehicle propelled by a combination of an electric motor and

                    an internal combustion engine or other power source and components thereof;
                    and

                              (8) Does not include a low speed vehicle or a medium speed vehicle; and
          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 1874

PASSED:  March 9, 2026

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                                          CAMERCJ'Ff"SEXTON,SPEAKER
                                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                                SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this cg{otL. day of rl\QJlc°"  2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR