---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, establishes a third-party skills testing program administered by the department of safety for the purpose of facilitating the testing and licensure of commercial drivers; authorizes the department of correction to create a commercial driver license training program for purposes of training offenders who, upon release from incarceration, may be suitable for careers in the transportation industry. - Amends TCA Section 12-2-403; Title 41; Section 49-6-2107 and Title 55."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, establishes a third-party skills testing program administered by the department of safety for the purpose of facilitating the testing and licensure of commercial drivers; authorizes the department of correction to create a commercial driver license training program for purposes of training offenders who, upon release from incarceration, may be suitable for careers in the transportation industry. - Amends TCA Section 12-2-403; Title 41; Section 49-6-2107 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2399"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2399 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7e51faa-7052-410b-8e1a-c11c3f0f40bd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2399&GA=112"
source_hash: "717564c6fb759651b314d1cac2a92391af28868769f2d406a27302d38f66db1e"
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 2399 (112) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, establishes a third-party skills testing program administered by the department of safety for the purpose of facilitating the testing and licensure of commercial drivers; authorizes the department of correction to create a commercial driver license training program for purposes of training offenders who, upon release from incarceration, may be suitable for careers in the transportation industry. - Amends TCA Section 12-2-403; Title 41; Section 49-6-2107 and Title 55.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0603** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0603.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0608** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0608.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2399.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/6/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/14/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/1/2022 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (2) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0603) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0608)
- **2022-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/18/22
- **2022-04-18** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 94, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2146
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 992
- **2022-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/04/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-09** Pub. Ch. 992

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7e51faa-7052-410b-8e1a-c11c3f0f40bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).