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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 5, 2024

A bill that would require all written driver’s license tests to be given only in English will be taken up by the Senate Transportation and Safety Committee on Wednesday. According to the Nashville PostSB1717/HB1730, sponsored by Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, and Rep. Kip Capley, R-Summertown, “prohibits use of a translation dictionary, electronic device or interpreter to assist with the examination.” Currently, Tennessee offers standard driver’s license tests in English and Spanish. Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, said, “I represent one of the most diverse districts in the state of Tennessee, probably one of the largest immigrant populations in the state ... That is a blatantly discriminatory bill designed to target specific individuals.”