Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1546: Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes present law that prohibits a person from being denied a commercial driver license, or being deemed medically unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, based on the failure to meet motor safety carrier regulations because of a medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin, but whose medical history indicates that the insulin controls the diabetes to the extent that the condition is not likely to cause any loss of ability to control a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4.

Enacted Last action March 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 601

Plain-language summary

HB 1546 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes present law that prohibits a person from being denied a commercial driver license, or being deemed medically unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, based on the failure to meet motor safety carrier regulations because of a medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin, but whose medical history indicates that the insulin controls the diabetes to the extent that the condition is not likely to cause any loss of ability to control a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4. Primary sponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Pub. Ch. 601.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican).