| TN | SB2845 | Engross
50% | As introduced, changes, when considering enhancements for the offense of driving while privilege canceled, suspended, or revoked, the period of time that may be used to consider prior convictions from within 10 years prior to the immediate violation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
| TN | SB0472 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases the penalty for driving upon a highway without a valid driver license for the vehicle being driven from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2087 | Pass | As enacted, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 530 |
| TN | SB1717 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires all written driver license examinations to be administered in English only; prohibits use of a translation dictionary, electronic device, or interpreter to assist with the examination. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| TN | SB1808 | Fail | As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to issue a driver privilege card or permit that confers the same privileges as a driver license to a person who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. - Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
Failed in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| TN | SB2568 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of safety to redesign temporary driver licenses and permits and temporary photo identification licenses issued to qualified noncitizens so that the licenses may be easily distinguished from driver and photo iden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
Deferred to Summer Study |
| TN | SB2242 | Intro
25% | As introduced, exempts minors from fees for hardship licenses; exempts persons over 18 from fees for issuance and renewal of noncommercial licenses upon submission of documentation showing the person's income falls below the federal poverty level. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| TN | SB2661 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of safety to establish and implement a secure digital license system for the issuance of digital driver licenses and photo identification licenses upon request. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| TN | SB2604 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes, from five days to five business days, the deadline by which the department of safety must notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state, and the commercial driver license information system, after receiving a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| TN | SB1713 | Intro
25% | As introduced, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| TN | SB0105 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for tempo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024 |
| TN | SB0894 | Pass | As enacted, exempts a person under 18 years of age who is in custody of the department of children's services or receiving foster care services from payment of fees for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver license, instruction permit, inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 01/01/2024 |
| TN | SB0259 | Pass | As enacted, requires proof of financial responsibility be maintained for the period of a driver license's suspension or revocation rather than for a period of three years in order for a person's registration to not be suspended or revoked when the co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023, 01/01/2024 |
| TN | SB1437 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a minor who is issued a motorcycle learner's permit and who has completed a certified motorcycle education course approved by the department of safety to operate a motorcycle without limitations on the distance from the minor's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Effective date(s) 04/17/2023, 01/01/2024 |
| TN | SB1279 | Engross
50% | As introduced, lowers the minimum visual acuity requirement for drivers of non-commercial vehicles from 20/40 to 20/50. - Amends TCA Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-13
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
| TN | SB0084 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes that a commercial driver license issued with a hazardous materials endorsement expires on the date the hazardous materials endorsement authorization expires. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB0569 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to prepare brochures that provide information on the opportunity for persons 18 to 20 years of age to apply for interstate CDLs and the opportunity for persons to apply to become third-party skills t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
