---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, allows a student enrolled in a cooperative driver training program who is seeking an exemption from the skills or knowledge tests required for commercial driver licenses to submit the third-party driver examiner testing certification form to the department within one year of satisfactorily completing the driver education and training course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, allows a student enrolled in a cooperative driver training program who is seeking an exemption from the skills or knowledge tests required for commercial driver licenses to submit the third-party driver examiner testing certification form to the department within one year of satisfactorily completing the driver education and training course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2041"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2041 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Kelsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f21f82-0637-400b-93d1-ef928181d08f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2041&GA=110"
source_hash: "dbc6975b6c2045552d2e737d4b7067d15147d61c4cbd64ecd28113e75eae43fe"
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 2041 (110) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, allows a student enrolled in a cooperative driver training program who is seeking an exemption from the skills or knowledge tests required for commercial driver licenses to submit the third-party driver examiner testing certification form to the department within one year of satisfactorily completing the driver education and training course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

## 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/HB2041.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/7/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBerry — primary (person)
- Kelsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar 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`
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 737
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 737
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f21f82-0637-400b-93d1-ef928181d08f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).