---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies that excess instructional time may be used for individualized education program team meetings and school-wide or system-wide instructional planning meetings; requires proposals for use of excess time for instructional planning meetings to be approved by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies that excess instructional time may be used for individualized education program team meetings and school-wide or system-wide instructional planning meetings; requires proposals for use of excess time for instructional planning meetings to be approved by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1663"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1663 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Love"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8101e8-f459-4000-92fc-9d8c1598357a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1663&GA=110"
source_hash: "7a585aaba345b9a30448f9349534b66da870835dfa1c965212519265b5fcea6f"
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 1663 (110) — Education - As enacted, specifies that excess instructional time may be used for individualized education program team meetings and school-wide or system-wide instructional planning meetings; requires proposals for use of excess time for instructional planning meetings to be approved by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004.

## 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/SB1663.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/31/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/5/2018
- **2018-02-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-08** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 592
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/22/2018
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 592

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea8101e8-f459-4000-92fc-9d8c1598357a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).