---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the \"Senator Douglas Henry Tennessee History Act\". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the \"Senator Douglas Henry Tennessee History Act\". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 864"
citation: "Tennessee SB 864 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faecaba0-adb1-4320-92a4-0844aeea7c1d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0864&GA=110"
source_hash: "776e2a7a1481259a304186589e5d0e567841310e6d8a6b8d17b1e22c0cb332c7"
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 864 (110) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Senator Douglas Henry Tennessee History Act". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

## 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/SB0864.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **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 Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
- **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 Administration & Planning to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-05-08** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor change.
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0357)
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0537)
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0642) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0393) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 482
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 482
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 06/06/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faecaba0-adb1-4320-92a4-0844aeea7c1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).