Tennessee General Assembly· SB 457Signed by Governor.

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 430

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 457

                                                        By Rose, Hatcher

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 190

        By Gant, Lamberth, Williams, Moody, Hardaway, Todd, Howell, Helton-Haynes, Doggett

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, relative to vehicular offenses.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-115(b)(2)(A), is amended by
deleting "twenty-hundredths of one percent (0.20%)" and substituting "fifteen-hundredths of one
percent (0.15%)".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-218(a)(3), is amended by deleting
"twenty-hundredths of one percent (0.20%)" and substituting "fifteen-hundredths of one percent
(0.15%)".

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 457

PASSED:  April 21, 2025

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                    BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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