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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, exempts a person under 18 years of age who is in custody of the department of children's services or receiving foster care services from payment of fees for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification card. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55."
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description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, exempts a person under 18 years of age who is in custody of the department of children's services or receiving foster care services from payment of fees for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification card. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "SB 894"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 894 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2023-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11de16c4-b005-47c0-a8c4-fe49ac43a6da"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0894&GA=113"
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source_hash: "53519aa4252bbc0a382120ebf4bde8893d6efbcd4853952c3d70ba7da2197081"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 894 (113) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, exempts a person under 18 years of age who is in custody of the department of children's services or receiving foster care services from payment of fees for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification card. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0083** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0083.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0042** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0042.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0894.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **68–13** (pass) · lower
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- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/22/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Akbari — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `passage`
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- **2023-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
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- **2023-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2023
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- **2023-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0042)
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- **2023-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2023-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 13, PNV 3 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0083) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2023-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
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- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 468
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11de16c4-b005-47c0-a8c4-fe49ac43a6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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