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TN HB 1023

died on adjournment

Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires an enforcement officer to issue an out-of-service order to a driver issued a commercial driver license if the officer determines during a safety inspection that the driver is unable to read and speak the English language in violation of federal requirements for commercial driver license holders; applies penalties against employers of such drivers. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Introduced
2025-02-06
Status date
Latest action
2025-04-14 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Russellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-05

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-06

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-10

    P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-11

    Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-12

    Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/18/2025

  6. 2025-02-18

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee

  7. 2025-02-19

    Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/25/2025

  8. 2025-02-25

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-02-26

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/4/2025

  10. 2025-03-04

    Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/11/2025

  11. 2025-03-05

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/11/2025

  12. 2025-03-11

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-03-11

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-03-12

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  15. 2025-03-19

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to Drivers License Calendar

  16. 2025-04-09

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  17. 2025-04-14

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/25/2025 Passed

    2025-02-25 · pass · 7-2

  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-03-11 · pass · 14-2

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Glynn: not voting
    • Towns: not voting

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