Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee SB1684: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 21, relative to pregnancy.
Status: Chaptered, May 4, 2026
Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTREVENUEHighway FundGeneral FundFY26-27 & Subsequent Years$158,300$3,200 Bill Summary 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,
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House Transportation 1 Amendment No. 1 to HB1457 Howell Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 1684 House Bill No. 1457* by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting instead the following: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-21-103(b)(2), is amended by deleting subdivision (C) and substituting instead the following: (C) Temporary placards may be issued under this part to persons who are temporarily disabled by a nonambulatory or semi-ambulatory condition due to surgery, bone fracture or breakage, or similar condition, and whose temporary disabling condition and the estimated duration of the condition is noted on the physician's statement. Temporary placards may also be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician. Temporary placards must be issued for the estimated duration of the condition, but not in excess of six (6) months, at a cost of ten dollars ($10.00). Temporary placards may be reissued for a similar period at the same cost. Temporary placards must be of a different design and color than permanent placards and must prominently note the expiration date. SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2027, the public welfare requiring it. HA0842