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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public higher education institutions in this state to adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
+description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public higher education institutions in this state to adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 1533"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1533 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kane", "Massey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d375c6-fc4c-47d7-ba10-db3774d72472"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1533&GA=110"
+source_hash: "2f59d4ac074d3c8be1600bc7891a4f3706935385a2bafdf16741bb101af13d90"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 1533 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public higher education institutions in this state to adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1533.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 2/7/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018 2/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kane — primary (person)
+- Massey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2018-01-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-01-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
+- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
+- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/13/2018
+- **2018-02-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
+- **2018-02-07** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/14/2018
+- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/22/2018
+- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
+- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
+- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0592)
+- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-02-26** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0681) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2018-02-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2018-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2018-02-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2018-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2018-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2018-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2018-03-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 546
+- **2018-03-13** Pub. Ch. 546
+- **2018-03-13** Effective date(s) 03/09/2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d375c6-fc4c-47d7-ba10-db3774d72472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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