---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, disqualifies for life persons convicted of a human trafficking offense from obtaining a commercial driver license; requires lifetime suspension of commercial driver license for persons convicted of a human trafficking offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, disqualifies for life persons convicted of a human trafficking offense from obtaining a commercial driver license; requires lifetime suspension of commercial driver license for persons convicted of a human trafficking offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Tennessee HB 116 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c4c24f9-9ca8-4f6f-b669-97486ad70469"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0116&GA=112"
source_hash: "61b446ed2d76f1deeb3c6e437a3478f704e508a83160b16586b0159ecb423050"
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 116 (112) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, disqualifies for life persons convicted of a human trafficking offense from obtaining a commercial driver license; requires lifetime suspension of commercial driver license for persons convicted of a human trafficking offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0026.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0064** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0064.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0026) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0064)
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 112
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 04/13/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 112

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c4c24f9-9ca8-4f6f-b669-97486ad70469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).