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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds documentation a veteran may submit to the department of safety to have military service indicated on a driver license to allow an honorably discharged veteran to submit a certified copy of the veteran's AGO Form 53-55 or NAVPERS 553 showing the dates of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
+description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds documentation a veteran may submit to the department of safety to have military service indicated on a driver license to allow an honorably discharged veteran to submit a certified copy of the veteran's AGO Form 53-55 or NAVPERS 553 showing the dates of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "HB 1620"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1620 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-14"
+last_action: "2020-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42cdecd3-440a-4f66-80b9-7501b0aeb02c"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1620&GA=111"
+source_hash: "0e12dae402401f84b2ec1927508aea53b8176fae2eb2d9941636b12b8effcf0b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 1620 (111) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds documentation a veteran may submit to the department of safety to have military service indicated on a driver license to allow an honorably discharged veteran to submit a certified copy of the veteran's AGO Form 53-55 or NAVPERS 553 showing the dates of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1620.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/4/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020 2/20/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/12/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2020-01-16** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2020-01-21** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
+- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
+- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/12/2020
+- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/12/2020
+- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2020-02-12** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/19/2020
+- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2020
+- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2020
+- **2020-02-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
+- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2020-02-24** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2020-02-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2020-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2020-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2020-03-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 519
+- **2020-03-16** Pub. Ch. 519
+- **2020-03-16** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42cdecd3-440a-4f66-80b9-7501b0aeb02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+