# Tennessee HB 1546: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4, relative to commercial driver license qualifications. Tennessee HB 1546, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4, relative to commercial driver license qualifications., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-03-23 (Effective date(s) 03/18/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1546-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 1546 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4, relative to commercial driver license qualifications. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-03-23, Effective date(s) 03/18/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Driver Licenses - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (150 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tennessee removes one commercial driver license rule: benefit, low. The law removes one commercial driver license qualification by deleting Tennessee Code §55-50-411(a)(2). The provided text does not identify the deleted rule, so its effect on applicants is unclear. The remaining license rules stay unchanged. The change took effect when the act became law; the prov… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/2/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 | pass | 92 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (25) - 2026-03-23: Effective date(s) 03/18/2026 - 2026-03-23: Pub. Ch. 601 - 2026-03-18: Signed by Governor. - 2026-03-11: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-03-09: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-03-04: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-03-02: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0526) (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-02-23: Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-02-23: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0562) (House) - 2026-02-23: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-02-19: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026 (House) - 2026-02-18: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/19/2026 (House) - 2026-02-17: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-11: Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/17/2026 (House) - 2026-02-10: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee (House) - 2026-02-04: Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/10/2026 (House) - 2026-01-15: Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-15: P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee (House) - 2026-01-14: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-01-13: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0562 (Substitute), 2026-02-23: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0562.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0601.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1546.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1546.pdf) - SA0526: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0526.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (failed) - HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (failed) - HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed) - HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed) - HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed) - SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed) ## Sources - [HA0562 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0562.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0601.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1546.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1546.pdf) - [SA0526 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0526.pdf) ## Related - [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026) - [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026) - [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026) - [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026) - [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026) - [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1546-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).