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SB1684 • 2026

Motor Vehicles

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 21, relative to pregnancy.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Powers, Bulso
Last action
2026-04-17
Official status
Transmitted to Governor for action.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on the duration of the placard issuance or specific costs associated with the permits.

Expanding Parking Privileges for Pregnant Drivers

This bill changes Tennessee laws to allow pregnant women in their second or third trimester and those with high-risk pregnancies as certified by a doctor to get special parking permits.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds pregnant women who are at least in the second trimester of pregnancy to the list of people eligible for disabled driver placards.
  • Includes women whose doctors certify they have a high-risk pregnancy and need extra help moving around.
  • Requires that these special parking permits be given out based on a doctor's certification.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pregnant women in their second or third trimester
  • Women with high-risk pregnancies as certified by a doctor

Terms To Know

Disabled driver placard
A special parking permit given to people who have trouble walking long distances due to disabilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many extra permits will be issued or the exact cost.
  • It is unclear if there are limits on how long these placards can be used after a high-risk pregnancy ends.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1457

Plain English: House Transportation 1 Amendment No.

  • House Transportation 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to HB1457 Howell Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 1684 House Bill No.
  • 1457* HA0842 014888 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting instead the following: SECTION 1.
Amendment 1-0 to SB1684

Plain English: Senate Transportation and Safety 1 Amendment No.

  • Senate Transportation and Safety 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to SB1684 Massey Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 1684 House Bill No.
  • 1457* SA0852 014888 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting instead the following: SECTION 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  2. 2026-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  3. 2026-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  4. 2026-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  5. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 4, PNV 3

  6. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0842)

  7. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  8. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  9. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  11. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  12. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  13. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  14. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0852)

  15. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026

  16. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026

  17. 2026-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026

  18. 2026-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  19. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/7/2026

  20. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  21. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  22. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  23. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026

  24. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  25. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  26. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  27. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/24/2026

  28. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Transportation Committee

  29. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on Final calendar of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  30. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/17/2026

  31. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/11/2026

  32. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/11/2026

  33. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/17/2026

  34. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/4/2026

  35. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/3/2026

  36. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Transportation Committee to Next Available Calendar

  37. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/17/2026

  38. 2026-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  39. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/10/2026

  40. 2026-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 2/10/2026

  41. 2026-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/3/2026

  42. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  43. 2026-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  44. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  45. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

  46. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

  47. 2026-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  48. 2025-12-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

The "Disabled Drivers Law of 1975" regulates parking privileges for disabled drivers in this state. For purposes of such law, a "disabled driver":



Means a person who is disabled by paraplegia, amputation of leg, foot or both hands, or is disabled by loss of use of a leg, foot or both hands, or other condition, certified to by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine, resulting in an equal degree of disability (specifying the particular condition) so as not to be able to get about without great difficulty, including impairments that, regardless of cause or manifestation, require the use of a wheelchair or cause the person to be so ambulatorily disabled that the person cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest and includes, but is not limited to, those persons using braces or crutches and those with pulmonary or cardiac ills who may be semiambulatory.



Includes the owner of a motor vehicle with vision of not less than 20/200 with correcting glasses in both functioning eyes.



Includes the owner of a motor vehicle who is so ambulatorily disabled that the person cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest and who is seeking treatment or healing solely by prayer through spiritual means in the practice of religion in accordance with the creeds or tenets of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts.

This bill adds to the definition of a "disabled driver" under such law a person who is in the second or third trimester of a pregnancy or who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by the person's physician.

ON APRIL 9, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1684, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, effective January 1, 2027, authorize temporary placards to be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 1457
By Bulso

SENATE BILL 1684
By Powers
SB1684
010212
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55,
Chapter 21, relative to pregnancy.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-21-102(3), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision (D):
"Disabled driver" also includes a person who is in the second or third trimester of
a pregnancy or who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by the person's physician;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.