---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, permits a judge to consider a criminal defendant's participation in recovery court as a hardship sufficient to order the stay of a criminal defendant's driver license revocation for failing to pay fines, court costs, and litigation taxes. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-105."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, permits a judge to consider a criminal defendant's participation in recovery court as a hardship sufficient to order the stay of a criminal defendant's driver license revocation for failing to pay fines, court costs, and litigation taxes. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-105."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 823"
citation: "Tennessee SB 823 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5034fce0-e063-4451-8258-39b6d9f0e703"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0823&GA=110"
source_hash: "9bdf1fae74e4acb646cc6820ee1c3cbcf3b2f5caead90384f9b2dd5d3207ce9d"
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 823 (110) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, permits a judge to consider a criminal defendant's participation in recovery court as a hardship sufficient to order the stay of a criminal defendant's driver license revocation for failing to pay fines, court costs, and litigation taxes. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-105.

## 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/SB0823.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 149
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 149

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5034fce0-e063-4451-8258-39b6d9f0e703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).