---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disabled Persons - As enacted, authorizes department of safety to issue, upon request, special designation on driver and photo identification licenses for person with acquired brain injury, intellectual disability, or developmental disability; establishes certain procedures for law enforcement interactions with persons with such a condition. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55."
description: "Disabled Persons - As enacted, authorizes department of safety to issue, upon request, special designation on driver and photo identification licenses for person with acquired brain injury, intellectual disability, or developmental disability; establishes certain procedures for law enforcement interactions with persons with such a condition. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1109"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1109 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabled Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Kyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 85
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e629fc8-78d4-424b-912c-0778af43e0b5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1109&GA=110"
source_hash: "61ef3b90a0b7a4a5a69922b82698987e0adb09b82dfe6faff45e41af00e649a7"
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 SB 1109 (110) — Disabled Persons - As enacted, authorizes department of safety to issue, upon request, special designation on driver and photo identification licenses for person with acquired brain injury, intellectual disability, or developmental disability; establishes certain procedures for law enforcement interactions with persons with such a condition. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55.

## 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/SB1109.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **91–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/23/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeBerry — primary (person)
- Kyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-27** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 1/1/2018
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5-2-17
- **2017-05-01** Refer to Senate FW&M Comm.
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means to first calendar of 2018
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-03** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 1/10/2018
- **2018-01-10** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 1/17/2018
- **2018-01-10** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 1/17/2018
- **2018-01-17** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1119) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1120) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA1177)
- **2018-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1176)
- **2018-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0450)
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 981
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 981

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e629fc8-78d4-424b-912c-0778af43e0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).