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type: "Bill"
title: "School Transportation - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "School Transportation - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1902"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1902 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65447c3d-7d54-48c3-a349-6f2032a4735d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1902&GA=113"
source_hash: "55f3254a0f219aade51b86dc14671506c52e4f6b9f2929ea43d10dfc067cf373"
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 1902 (113) — School Transportation - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and 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://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1902.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/20/2024 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hensley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/25/2024
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Motion to lift from the table adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-09** Pub. Ch. 836
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65447c3d-7d54-48c3-a349-6f2032a4735d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).