republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2176.md

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Bill	Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes authority of the department of safety to deny a license to a minor for unsatisfactory academic progress; retains provisions for denial of a license, with certain exceptions, to a minor when the person is a student who is not enrolled in school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 50.	Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes authority of the department of safety to deny a license to a minor for unsatisfactory academic progress; retains provisions for denial of a license, with certain exceptions, to a minor when the person is a student who is not enrolled in school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 50.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2176	Tennessee SB 2176 (112)	bill	Driver Licenses	enacted	Akbari Jernigan	2	46	7	2022-01-26	2022-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/88f1304f-1a62-4ab0-b467-c0e03cd79350	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2176&GA=112	1f8655d04dbf0d14da031928dfe3c9e98d28dceb947fdb7e73efd7e2c4ddcc9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2176 (112) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes authority of the department of safety to deny a license to a minor for unsatisfactory academic progress; retains provisions for denial of a license, with certain exceptions, to a minor when the person is a student who is not enrolled in school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0723 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/22/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/4/2022 Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Akbari — primary (person)
• Jernigan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-26 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-27 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-31 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• 2022-02-14 Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-22 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-23 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
• 2022-02-23 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/1/2022
• 2022-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-01 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-02 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2022-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-03 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-07 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
• 2022-03-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-10 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-10 Re-ref. Education Administration
• 2022-03-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
• 2022-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-31 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/4/2022
• 2022-03-31 Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-31 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0723) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-31 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-03-31 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-03-31 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-31 Sponsor withdrawn.
• 2022-04-04 Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0723) passage
• 2022-04-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-04-06 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-07 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-26 Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
• 2022-04-26 Pub. Ch. 878
• 2022-04-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 878

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88f1304f-1a62-4ab0-b467-c0e03cd79350. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).