---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department and the state board of education from mandating assessments for any grades or subjects beyond those mandated during the 2016-2017 school year until the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department and the state board of education from mandating assessments for any grades or subjects beyond those mandated during the 2016-2017 school year until the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1806"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1806 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31c40bc0-8e22-47a8-8356-a0450d2976f4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1806&GA=110"
source_hash: "bde93493a465062dcc81e2229ca84f427974a04ac4d328d5b2dcff58b4445be3"
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 1806 (110) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department and the state board of education from mandating assessments for any grades or subjects beyond those mandated during the 2016-2017 school year until the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.

## 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/SB1806.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Deferred to Summer Study 2/28/2018 Passed — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-29** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/28/2018
- **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 Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0807) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0734)
- **2018-03-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 672
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 672
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31c40bc0-8e22-47a8-8356-a0450d2976f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).