republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-1891.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver education course online, of which successful completion can cause points for the speeding conviction to be removed from the person's record in accordance with current law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9."
description: "Traffic Safety - As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver education course online, of which successful completion can cause points for the speeding conviction to be removed from the person's record in accordance with current law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1891"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1891 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98355ba9-5266-45ad-8e57-ccb259f199c3"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1891&ga=114"
source_hash: "3cbc30f848f86c41036271a805e8cc81bfd81d1fedc42e37ca2f05477dfe8236"
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 HB 1891 (114) — Traffic Safety - As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver education course online, of which successful completion can cause points for the speeding conviction to be removed from the person's record in accordance with current law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0703** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0703.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0853** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0853.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1891.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026 3/19/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR REREFER TO COMMITTEE AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Failed — **16–69** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Failed — **45–36** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **66–21** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed — **66–18** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2026 Passed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hemmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0703) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0853)
- **2026-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 993

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98355ba9-5266-45ad-8e57-ccb259f199c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).