---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing payment plans for fines and costs and license suspension for failure to comply with plan. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 5."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing payment plans for fines and costs and license suspension for failure to comply with plan. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1143"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1143 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30d43b91-fad9-4836-bb69-f1a7a93949f0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1143&GA=111"
source_hash: "c5b0bb723505672bd526dcc560423d93f94a1e1d82d52b76fbc7b008980b87a6"
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 1143 (111) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing payment plans for fines and costs and license suspension for failure to comply with plan. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0160.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0298.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0232.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1143.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/12/2019 (6) — **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 4/3/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0160) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0298) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0232)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 438
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 438
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30d43b91-fad9-4836-bb69-f1a7a93949f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).