---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, directs the Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, to establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9."
description: "Education - As enacted, directs the Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, to establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 567"
citation: "Tennessee HB 567 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5125840e-b107-4ec1-9c69-748fced119d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0567&GA=111"
source_hash: "29c50a69383cc9b6282e2dd7a0b350c293dd2ab356e2f8dece2ccd2c53ce4dee"
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 HB 567 (111) — Education - As enacted, directs the Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, to establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0366.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0444.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0567.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 3/12/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/6/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** No Action Taken
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action def. in Education to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0366) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0444)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 500
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/24/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 500

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5125840e-b107-4ec1-9c69-748fced119d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).