republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-44.md

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Bill	Driver Licenses - As enacted, gives a person 65 years of age or older who applies for a photo identification license the option to receive a photo identification license that does not expire, instead of automatically receiving a photo identification license that does not expire. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.	Driver Licenses - As enacted, gives a person 65 years of age or older who applies for a photo identification license the option to receive a photo identification license that does not expire, instead of automatically receiving a photo identification license that does not expire. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 44	Tennessee SB 44 (111)	bill	Driver Licenses	enacted	Howell Massey	3	39	6	2019-01-17	2019-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/dc29c774-dd72-4f8e-9674-02c7fd734cb5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0044&GA=111	865e0637d8c1d9b92c93f882b082d3feac43bab79cbd139747124bcd60643903	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 44 (111) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, gives a person 65 years of age or older who applies for a photo identification license the option to receive a photo identification license that does not expire, instead of automatically receiving a photo identification license that does not expire. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0169 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0186 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/12/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2019 Passed — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed — 89–6 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2019 Passed — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Howell — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-17 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-18 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-19 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2019-03-06 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-19 Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-01 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-01 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0186)
• 2019-04-02 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-04-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-04 Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 6, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-04 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0169) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-04 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-04-04 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-09 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-24 Pub. Ch. 145
• 2019-04-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
• 2019-04-24 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 145

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc29c774-dd72-4f8e-9674-02c7fd734cb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).