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Traffic Safety - As enacted, defines "fully enclosed" as having side panels, a roll bar or roof, and a windshield with regard to crash helmet requirements not applying to autocycles that are fully enclosed. - Amends TCA , the official text

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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 197

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 859

   By Representatives Alexander, McCalmon, Butler, Reneau, Howell, Russell, Atchley,
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                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1148

                                                    By Senator Crowe

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to transportation.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-9-302, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (c) For purposes of this section, "fully enclosed" means having side panels, a roll
          bar or roof, and a windshield.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 859

PASSED:  March 27, 2025

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                            CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                   \    RANDY MC~LLY

                                   SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

II~ APPROVED this   day of Per, \        2025

BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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