---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, clarifies the documentation that honorably discharged military veterans who elect to indicate their military service on their driver license can provide to establish proof of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, clarifies the documentation that honorably discharged military veterans who elect to indicate their military service on their driver license can provide to establish proof of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2047"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2047 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Ragan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123a0bf1-f814-46da-8f05-7e3e4d123192"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2047&GA=110"
source_hash: "255a3bf1faca10f68ebffb75e7a671f1320e8e56976245c803bd168dea020138"
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 2047 (110) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, clarifies the documentation that honorably discharged military veterans who elect to indicate their military service on their driver license can provide to establish proof of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

## 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/HB2047.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018 3/15/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/28/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration, as amended 3/28/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0778) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0827)
- **2018-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 677
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 677

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/123a0bf1-f814-46da-8f05-7e3e4d123192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).