---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that has one or more school buses operating in the LEA with a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus that is used to transport students to and from school or school-sponsored activities to adopt a policy that establishes a process to allow a parent, guardian, or person having custody of a student to view photographs or video footage collected from the camera. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that has one or more school buses operating in the LEA with a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus that is used to transport students to and from school or school-sponsored activities to adopt a policy that establishes a process to allow a parent, guardian, or person having custody of a student to view photographs or video footage collected from the camera. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Tennessee SB 182 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Tillis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68ae995a-4b67-4760-81b7-7e38cf59e165"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0182&GA=111"
source_hash: "d1677fbc88f47701583f0fbfde984b9d52a3fa1e69b68b42f64c7195fa422f1f"
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 182 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that has one or more school buses operating in the LEA with a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus that is used to transport students to and from school or school-sponsored activities to adopt a policy that establishes a process to allow a parent, guardian, or person having custody of a student to view photographs or video footage collected from the camera. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0321.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0194.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0182.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/3/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Tillis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0194)
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0321) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 256
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019; 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 256

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68ae995a-4b67-4760-81b7-7e38cf59e165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).