---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students - As enacted, requires a school to count a child who serves as a page for the general assembly as present for attendance purposes in the same manner as an educational field trip; prohibits giving excused or unexcused absences for a child serving as a page. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3018."
description: "Students - As enacted, requires a school to count a child who serves as a page for the general assembly as present for attendance purposes in the same manner as an educational field trip; prohibits giving excused or unexcused absences for a child serving as a page. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1013"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1013 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks K", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7150bf-0d70-4d74-81e7-1e506073b4ac"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1013&GA=110"
source_hash: "b1b5e9fdb7b76291db9801bbf168d51d1511ceb0cd4946f8977a7d574657f850"
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 SB 1013 (110) — Students - As enacted, requires a school to count a child who serves as a page for the general assembly as present for attendance purposes in the same manner as an educational field trip; prohibits giving excused or unexcused absences for a child serving as a page. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3018.

## 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/SB1013.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks K — primary (person)
- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 96
- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/04/2017
- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 96

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7150bf-0d70-4d74-81e7-1e506073b4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).