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type: "Bill"
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."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Tennessee SB 272 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody", "Ragan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/780a80ee-2add-45ac-80ec-ee04ce3a83ed"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0272&GA=110"
source_hash: "521104f601e9cb6a34188961eba7c1e5f0cfbce667631ea690199eb48eeff441"
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 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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0272.pdf)
## Votes
- 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 — **61** (pass) · upper
- 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 — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pody — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-23** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-23** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Transportation & Safety Comm. 2-27-17
- **2017-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass if am by Transportation Committee; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass with a neutral recommendation; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2018
- **2018-01-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 1/17/2018
- **2018-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-17** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2018
- **2018-02-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/5/2018
- **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-05** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0663) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0056) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-02-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-02-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0683)
- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0041)
- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0802)
- **2018-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 665
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 665
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018; 07/01/2018
## Source
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).