Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes, effective January 1, 2027, temporary placards to be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21. Companion, the official text

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                                    PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 827

                                                           SENATE BILL NO. 1684

                                                  By Powers, Bailey, Bowling, Lamar

                                                   Substituted for: House Bill No. 1457

                                     By Bulso, Powers, Bricken, Terry, Lynn, Powell, Camper

       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 55-21-103(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.

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PASSED:  April 13, 2026

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27"- APPROVED this  day of A:2rd                 2026

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