---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Transportation - As enacted, establishes a school transportation supervisor program for the monitoring and oversight of transportation services for local education authorities and charter schools; requires new school bus drivers to complete a training program prior to transporting students; requires a driver to be at least 25 years of age to receive an initial school bus driver license endorsement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Section 55-50-302 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6."
description: "School Transportation - As enacted, establishes a school transportation supervisor program for the monitoring and oversight of transportation services for local education authorities and charter schools; requires new school bus drivers to complete a training program prior to transporting students; requires a driver to be at least 25 years of age to receive an initial school bus driver license endorsement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Section 55-50-302 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Tennessee HB 322 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f77724c4-e0b2-4d38-ad1d-e35bc5c3335e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0322&GA=110"
source_hash: "5477ee4537c528d7d9405b6cde12986d1dc2cee8057fbf0235c9cf5821f05d4b"
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 322 (110) — School Transportation - As enacted, establishes a school transportation supervisor program for the monitoring and oversight of transportation services for local education authorities and charter schools; requires new school bus drivers to complete a training program prior to transporting students; requires a driver to be at least 25 years of age to receive an initial school bus driver license endorsement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Section 55-50-302 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6.

## 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/110/Bill/HB0322.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Education Administration & Planning 3/14/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017 4/13/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/8/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/11/17
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 289
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 289

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f77724c4-e0b2-4d38-ad1d-e35bc5c3335e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).