{"id":1703,"date":"2017-05-10T22:34:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2022-05-30T07:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:22:31","slug":"vertical-license-law-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/vertical-license-law-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical License Law Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1703\" class=\"elementor elementor-1703\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1430266a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1430266a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-118fad8b\" data-id=\"118fad8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5213f262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5213f262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_7637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7637\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7637 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2017\/05\/vertical-license-sample.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"299\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new TN vertical license for under 21 drivers may look similar to this sample from Michigan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new law&nbsp;<a class=\"text-red\" href=\"http:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0384\">SB0384\/HB0397<\/a>&nbsp;requiring drivers licenses for drivers under age 21 to be formatted vertically, passed unanimously in the Senate in March and passed in the House on May 9, 2017, by a vote of 83-1.&nbsp; It now heads to the Governor&#8217;s desk for a signature and will likely become effective this summer.&nbsp; The law, sponsored by Senator Becky Duncan Massey (R) and Representatives Bill Dunn (R), William Lamberth (R), Bryan Terry (R), G.A. Hardaway (D), Jeremy Faison (R), Rick Staples (D), Gary Hicks (R), Barry Doss (R), Andrew Farmer (R), and Mark White (R) was designed to further combat the problem of underage drinking.&nbsp; The new license format, which makes it more obvious that a patron is under 21, is intended to reduce the number of underage drinkers being served at bars, restaurants, and stores that sell alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>MADD is grateful to our lawmakers for their support of legislation that helps to protect Tennessee&#8217;s youth! If you would like to send a note of gratitude,&nbsp;<a class=\"text-red\" href=\"http:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/Apps\/fml\/districts.aspx\">click here to search for contact information for your local state senator and\/or representative,<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-red\" href=\"http:\/\/wjhl.com\/2017\/05\/09\/vertical-licenses-for-underage-drivers-passes-in-tennessee\/\">WJHL.com news story<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox\">&nbsp;<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new law&nbsp;SB0384\/HB0397&nbsp;requiring drivers licenses for drivers under age 21 to be formatted vertically, passed unanimously in the Senate in March and passed in the House on May 9, 2017,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/vertical-license-law-passes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vertical License Law Passes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-legislation","tag-underage-drinking-prevention","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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