---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes the state board to extend the six-year period required for the standards review and development committees and advisory teams to review the standards for English language arts and mathematics one time for a period not to exceed three years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes the state board to extend the six-year period required for the standards review and development committees and advisory teams to review the standards for English language arts and mathematics one time for a period not to exceed three years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "Tennessee HB 737 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Moody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e5fb66-3cce-4307-ba04-d66bd1336f94"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0737&GA=111"
source_hash: "6e02d9f0e2bec2957c495ef9261c6c69a438e0876430356a490ea38769c63876"
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 737 (111) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes the state board to extend the six-year period required for the standards review and development committees and advisory teams to review the standards for English language arts and mathematics one time for a period not to exceed three years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0190.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0031** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0031.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0737.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/20/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/19/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **84–7** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0031)
- **2019-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 7, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0190) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 270
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 270
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8e5fb66-3cce-4307-ba04-d66bd1336f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).