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type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "Tennessee SB 105 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ea694f8-26ca-4114-900c-ee749cd4148e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0105&GA=113"
source_hash: "0cba82fa46d5762d1d56c60ae7fe3db88a11038027a4b36a7b365588b4438b06"
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 105 (113) — Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0004** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0004.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0041.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0105.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2023 Passed — **320** (pass) · upper
- 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 — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0041)
- **2023-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0004) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 422
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ea694f8-26ca-4114-900c-ee749cd4148e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).