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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 663

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2596

                                                      By Southerland, Seal

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 2267

                                      By Hale, Eldridge, Sherrell, Vital, McCalmon

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-185, relative to utility terrain vehicles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-185(c)(1), is amended by
designating the existing language as subdivision (c)(1)(A) and adding the following as a new
subdivision (8):

                    (8) Notwithstanding subdivision (c)(1)(A), the speed limit restriction of forty-five miles
          per hour (45 mph) or less for state highways and county roads does not apply to a utility
          terrain vehicle being operated for agricultural purposes; provided, that the restrictions
          described in subdivisions (c)(1)(A)(i)-(iv) continue to apply.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2596

PASSED:  March 16, 2026

                                      RANDY M(fJALLY

                           SPEAKER OF THE SIENA TE

                         CAMERO~TON,SPEAKER

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

st A,ocil APPROVED this ,
         day of                2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR