---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds the NAVPERS-660 honorable discharge certificate to the list of documents that may be submitted by an honorably discharged veteran who requests to have the \"veteran\" designation on a driver license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds the NAVPERS-660 honorable discharge certificate to the list of documents that may be submitted by an honorably discharged veteran who requests to have the \"veteran\" designation on a driver license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "Tennessee SB 268 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calfee", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdb91eb4-1dd8-45a5-9d7d-055472ffc955"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0268&GA=112"
source_hash: "f3998f6913e163536a86ddbc63b2b6eb19e9947e6aa012ff13f396277236f5d7"
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 268 (112) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds the NAVPERS-660 honorable discharge certificate to the list of documents that may be submitted by an honorably discharged veteran who requests to have the "veteran" designation on a driver license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0268.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: 3/8/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/16/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calfee — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 247
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 247

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdb91eb4-1dd8-45a5-9d7d-055472ffc955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).