On Monday, May 7, the Tennessee Senate passed the bill (SB-1968 - companion House Bill, HB-1827) officially ending the Driving Certificate program and returning our Driver's License program to one that only licenses LEGAL residents of Tennessee.


On May 21, 2007, the above bills were signed into law by Governor Phil Bredesen and assigned Public Chapter No. 194 . The practice of rewarding illegal aliens with state issued IDs and driving privileges has now officially ended here in Tennessee!!!

Also of note is that on May 15, 2007, Governor Bredesen signed into law HB0491/SB1604 which authorized the Tennessee Highway Patrol to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Homeland Security to allow training of THP officers in immigration law. This law has been assigned Public Chapter No. 165.