---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by persons participating in the digital driver license system, including biometric identifiers; prohibits geolocation data from being collected for purposes of the digital driver license system; revises other provisions related to driver licenses. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-112 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by persons participating in the digital driver license system, including biometric identifiers; prohibits geolocation data from being collected for purposes of the digital driver license system; revises other provisions related to driver licenses. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-112 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1316"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1316 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f4cb31-1102-416b-b634-f6690963e981"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1316&ga=114"
source_hash: "b11e47dc980924ee320955b39a7ac221eabacd4d74b1c1beb0cee0d701f7b65b"
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 1316 (114) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by persons participating in the digital driver license system, including biometric identifiers; prohibits geolocation data from being collected for purposes of the digital driver license system; revises other provisions related to driver licenses. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-112 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0118.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0055** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0055.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1316.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025 4/3/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2025 Passed (3) — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (4) — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **83–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-12** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 7, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0118) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0055)
- **2025-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 297

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05f4cb31-1102-416b-b634-f6690963e981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).