The Tennessee Senate Transportation Safety Committee and House Transportation Committee approved legislation, including out of home industry amendments, to fix Tennessee’s sign law. Senate Bill 2188 and HB 2255 rewrite the state’s sign law by redefining the term “off-premises device” as “a billboard receiving compensation from any message”. The change […]
Tennessee’s General Assembly has started considering changes to Tennessee’s billboard-control law because federal courts have ruled the law unconstitutional. The motivation to enact a new billboard law is to remedy a pending legal challenge regarding free speech (Thomas v. Bright). Similar constitutional challenges to billboard law arose in Oregon and […]
