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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 158

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 248

                                                             By Watson

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 302

                                       By Greg Martin, Doggett, White, McCalmon

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to
          restrictions on vehicular use of public highways and streets.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-139(a), is amended by designating the
existing language as subdivision (1) and adding the following as a new subdivision (2):

                    (2) It is an offense for an occupant of a vehicle to park, leave standing, or stop the
          vehicle on a street or highway and to block or impede the normal movement of traffic for the
          purpose of soliciting, negotiating, or consummating an employment transaction with a person
          standing on or in proximity to the street or highway.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-139(e}, is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting instead:

                    (e) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor; except, that:

                              (1) A person who violates subsection (c) must receive a warning citation for a
                    first offense; and

                              (2) If a vehicle parked, left standing, or stopped on a street or highway in
                    violation of subdivision (a)(2) causes or contributes to a motor vehicle accident, then a
                    violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 248

PASSED:  March 28, 2025

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                                               RANDY McNAL~
                                  SPEAKER OF THE SENA 1i

                         CAMERON S'!XTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Apr; f APPROVED this (tl day of  I  2025