---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, limits to four the number of points that may be assessed to a person's driver record for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is canceled, suspended, or revoked. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, limits to four the number of points that may be assessed to a person's driver record for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is canceled, suspended, or revoked. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 816"
citation: "Tennessee HB 816 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e6ba7c-5019-473f-8151-274fc86e7a9f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0816&ga=114"
source_hash: "4c3fbc45f0218fdee12f008260bb637c6fd5cb4baf9caadef7daad6ff60dc051"
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 816 (114) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, limits to four the number of points that may be assessed to a person's driver record for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is canceled, suspended, or revoked. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0161.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0056** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0056.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0816.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2025 Passed (4) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 4/15/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2025 Passed (3) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2025 Passed (5) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2025 Passed — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/18/2025 Passed (6) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to Driver's License Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0161) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0056)
- **2025-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 504

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13e6ba7c-5019-473f-8151-274fc86e7a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).