---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires written examinations administered to applicants for a driver license or intermediate driver license to include questions concerning hand signals used by operators of bicycles to communicate turning, slowing, and stopping. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires written examinations administered to applicants for a driver license or intermediate driver license to include questions concerning hand signals used by operators of bicycles to communicate turning, slowing, and stopping. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1420"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1420 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20acdc2c-4ecd-4d6c-b523-66cd140d9e67"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1420&ga=114"
source_hash: "d056cfa2db68244a4be35dc6e70eb0f1a542e52c0cd71b35733ad40347ee117f"
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 1420 (114) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires written examinations administered to applicants for a driver license or intermediate driver license to include questions concerning hand signals used by operators of bicycles to communicate turning, slowing, and stopping. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1420.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 469

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20acdc2c-4ecd-4d6c-b523-66cd140d9e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).