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type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires that driver licenses be printed in vertical format for persons under 21 years of age; authorizes licensees to replace vertical format license with horizontal one upon reaching 21 years of age for the cost of a duplicate license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires that driver licenses be printed in vertical format for persons under 21 years of age; authorizes licensees to replace vertical format license with horizontal one upon reaching 21 years of age for the cost of a duplicate license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Tennessee HB 397 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e14b9f-fc82-485b-82eb-315338e62504"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0397&GA=110"
source_hash: "bc5ef866c02c8a1c5433b81b02c165acc9206caa00ef6e74c09530be4b3ded16"
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 397 (110) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires that driver licenses be printed in vertical format for persons under 21 years of age; authorizes licensees to replace vertical format license with horizontal one upon reaching 21 years of age for the cost of a duplicate 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0397.pdf)
## Votes
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (1) — **00** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/8/2017 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dunn — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 388
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 388
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017;
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e14b9f-fc82-485b-82eb-315338e62504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).