---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, removes from education laws obsolete pilot projects and reporting and similar requirements; revises and deletes certain other education-related provisions and reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, removes from education laws obsolete pilot projects and reporting and similar requirements; revises and deletes certain other education-related provisions and reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1968"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1968 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303d68ca-4df4-482b-b409-c6135d2a2017"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1968&GA=110"
source_hash: "88a20a1a2c27a4ae647f0f51094c0b3288cf14057932f96a5bf89eb2cd5fb6c5"
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 1968 (110) — Education - As enacted, removes from education laws obsolete pilot projects and reporting and similar requirements; revises and deletes certain other education-related provisions and reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## 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/HB1968.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018 3/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/13/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-26** Reset on cal. for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0922) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0878)
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 7, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 725
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 725
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/303d68ca-4df4-482b-b409-c6135d2a2017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).