---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the \"Tom Cronan Physical Education Act\". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the \"Tom Cronan Physical Education Act\". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 558"
citation: "Tennessee SB 558 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kane", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 73
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f6e3deb-f32a-46fc-b9aa-f3ace6c11dc5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0558&GA=110"
source_hash: "2d0be6feefdcea1ff035457944a7e67af61db3672127bab0dd96973668faa14b"
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 558 (110) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Tom Cronan Physical Education Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB0558.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2018 PASSED — **96–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/3/2017 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/24/2018 PASSED — **30–1** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kane — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee of Education Instruction & Programs
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committe to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 5-9-17
- **2017-05-08** Failed in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0173)
- **2018-01-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1257) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0261) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 1 (Amendment 2 - HA1257) `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 976
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 976

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f6e3deb-f32a-46fc-b9aa-f3ace6c11dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).