BHB/7/11
Sponsored by Yash Gupta, Wilmer Sterling of Brentwood High School
This legislation was filed in the Safety and Homeland Security category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Incoming Residents - Residents of Tennessee who have moved from another state within the |
| 5 | United States of America. |
| 6 | Driver’s License - Document permitting a person to drive a motor vehicle. |
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| 8 | Section 2: The Federal Highway Administration reported that in 2020, Tennessee had 1,217 |
| 9 | fatalities as a result of traffic accidents. However, in 2023, Tennessee experienced 4,700 traffic |
| 10 | accidents resulting in severe injury or death, of which a majority occurred in urban areas. |
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| 12 | Section 3. US census data shows that between July 2021 and July 2022 Tennessee gained 47,000 |
| 13 | incoming residents from Florida and California alone. Additionally, the Insurance Institute for |
| 14 | Highway Safety reports that these states suffered between 3,400-3,700 fatal car accidents. |
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| 16 | Section 4: This act seeks to mandate all incoming residents will be required to take a Tennessee |
| 17 | driver's license test. |
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| 19 | Section 5: This test will be required to be completed by incoming residents within 30 days of |
| 20 | establishing residency in the state of Tennessee. It will consist of a standard knowledge test, |
| 21 | within it, it will test general knowledge and Tennessee-based laws. |
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| 23 | Section 6: This bill will not require any funding on the part of Tennessee. |
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| 25 | Section 7: This act will be enacted on January 1st, 2025. |
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