Alcohol Offenses, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts the "Silas Gable Flatt Law," which creates an offense of knowingly providing a motor vehicle to another person who the provider of the vehicle knows or should know is under the influence of an intoxicant or whose driver license has been suspended or revoked under certain circumstances, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Signed Apr 25, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 30, 2023 · House Mar 20, 2023
How they voted
29–0
Passed
Total votes 29
Mar 30, 2023
D
Democratic4
100% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 25, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Apr 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0
upper
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2023
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ryan Williams
RRepublican
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