---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires that each student in grades K-8 be given an individual Scholars Summer Guide prior to the last day of the school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires that each student in grades K-8 be given an individual Scholars Summer Guide prior to the last day of the school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 730"
citation: "Tennessee SB 730 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aa9e699-b0a8-4262-bafa-09e84ecb020a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0730&GA=110"
source_hash: "020b83f273ac5af6f9568bab81d588a7abcfb389469db62d0e844c3290ebc2e1"
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 730 (110) — Education - As enacted, requires that each student in grades K-8 be given an individual Scholars Summer Guide prior to the last day of the school year. - Amends TCA 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/SB0730.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 1/31/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **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`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Education Instruction & Programs to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0348) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/5/2018
- **2018-02-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-02-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0356)
- **2018-02-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0563)
- **2018-02-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 96, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0902
- **2018-02-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 553
- **2018-03-19** Pub. Ch. 553
- **2018-03-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aa9e699-b0a8-4262-bafa-09e84ecb020a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).