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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, requires a person to establish proof of United States citizenship; lawful permanent resident status; or, in the case of a temporary driver license, a specified period of authorized stay in the United States, if the person, for purposes of obtaining a Tennessee driver license, presents a driver license from another state that issues driver licenses to illegal aliens. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
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description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires a person to establish proof of United States citizenship; lawful permanent resident status; or, in the case of a temporary driver license, a specified period of authorized stay in the United States, if the person, for purposes of obtaining a Tennessee driver license, presents a driver license from another state that issues driver licenses to illegal aliens. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 272"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 272 (110)"
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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: ["Pody", "Ragan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/780a80ee-2add-45ac-80ec-ee04ce3a83ed"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0272&GA=110"
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source_hash: "521104f601e9cb6a34188961eba7c1e5f0cfbce667631ea690199eb48eeff441"
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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 272 (110) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires a person to establish proof of United States citizenship; lawful permanent resident status; or, in the case of a temporary driver license, a specified period of authorized stay in the United States, if the person, for purposes of obtaining a Tennessee driver license, presents a driver license from another state that issues driver licenses to illegal aliens. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
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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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0272.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/27/2017 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/13/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pody — primary (person)
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- Ragan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
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- **2017-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
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- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/27/2017
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- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
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- **2017-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/27/2017
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- **2017-02-23** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Transportation & Safety Comm. 2-27-17
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- **2017-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
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- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/7/2017
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- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass if am by Transportation Committee; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2017
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- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
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- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass with a neutral recommendation; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2018
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- **2018-01-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 1/17/2018
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- **2018-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 1/24/2018
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- **2018-01-17** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 1/24/2018
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- **2018-01-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 1/30/2018
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- **2018-01-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2018
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- **2018-02-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/5/2018
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- **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-02-05** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2018-02-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0663) `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-02-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0056) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2018-02-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2018-02-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
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- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/13/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
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- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
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- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
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- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
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- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0683)
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- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0041)
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- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0802)
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- **2018-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2018-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2018-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 665
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- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 665
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- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018; 07/01/2018
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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/780a80ee-2add-45ac-80ec-ee04ce3a83ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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