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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 31, 2022

As Nashville continues to license party vehicles, state lawmakers are considering giving local governments more authority to regulate these “transpotainment” companies, the Johnson City Press reports. Rep. Bill Freeman, D-Nashville, is sponsoring HB1392, which would give local governments the power to regulate companies operating party buses and tractors. “Right now in downtown Nashville we have a pretty major issue with these party buses,” Freeman told the House Transportation Committee last week. “We have businesses that are moving out of downtown because of the noise. We’ve got families that are deciding not to take their kids downtown because of the lewd behavior that’s going on in a lot of these buses.” While some conservative lawmakers pushed back on the idea of further regulating business, most agreed the situation needs to be addressed.