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Bill Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes present law that prohibits a person from being denied a commercial driver license, or being deemed medically unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, based on the failure to meet motor safety carrier regulations because of a medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin, but whose medical history indicates that the insulin controls the diabetes to the extent that the condition is not likely to cause any loss of ability to control a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4. Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes present law that prohibits a person from being denied a commercial driver license, or being deemed medically unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, based on the failure to meet motor safety carrier regulations because of a medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin, but whose medical history indicates that the insulin controls the diabetes to the extent that the condition is not likely to cause any loss of ability to control a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1546 Tennessee HB 1546 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1546 (114) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes present law that prohibits a person from being denied a commercial driver license, or being deemed medically unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, based on the failure to meet motor safety carrier regulations because of a medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin, but whose medical history indicates that the insulin controls the diabetes to the extent that the condition is not likely to cause any loss of ability to control a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0562 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0526 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026 2/19/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — 180 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — 920 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/10/2026 Passed (3) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • McCalmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-14 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-01-15 Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-15 P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-04 Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/10/2026
  • 2026-02-10 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-11 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/17/2026
  • 2026-02-17 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-18 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/19/2026
  • 2026-02-19 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
  • 2026-02-23 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-02-23 Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-02-23 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0562) amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-02-26 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-03-02 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2026-03-02 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0526)
  • 2026-03-02 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-03-04 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-03-23 Effective date(s) 03/18/2026
  • 2026-03-23 Pub. Ch. 601

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d234d2ac-e77e-4bbd-b8ce-1e284f102f87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).