---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises the date by which the state board of education must require a course in Tennessee history for students from the 2018-2019 school year to the 2019-2020 school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1015 and Chapter 482 of the Public Acts of 2017."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises the date by which the state board of education must require a course in Tennessee history for students from the 2018-2019 school year to the 2019-2020 school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1015 and Chapter 482 of the Public Acts of 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1471"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1471 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-10-16"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c4fde8-7fee-417c-be63-6f436880c30f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1471&GA=110"
source_hash: "a16cbfc4d5fcb3446a6357914c3ccab9dd00c8ddc21ca94f279018e0a158a882"
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 1471 (110) — Education - As enacted, revises the date by which the state board of education must require a course in Tennessee history for students from the 2018-2019 school year to the 2019-2020 school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1015 and Chapter 482 of the Public Acts of 2017.

## 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/SB1471.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/28/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2018 PASSED — **28–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED — **98–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-16** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 699
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 699

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02c4fde8-7fee-417c-be63-6f436880c30f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).