---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu of bail. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 8."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu of bail. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1688"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1688 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc1775cb-00d8-4711-a324-84b674062829"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1688&GA=113"
source_hash: "db7f4c36c33327bb07a5db3b947f8d8f30b5e570ce4765e99df5987863913c2b"
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 1688 (113) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu of bail. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1688.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/15/2024 Passed (1) — **88–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/30/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/30/2024 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/30/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/30/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-01-23** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/8/2024
- **2024-02-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-12** Objected to on Consent Calendar on 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 530

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc1775cb-00d8-4711-a324-84b674062829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).