---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; revises other various provisions regarding school safety grants. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; revises other various provisions regarding school safety grants. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "Tennessee SB 803 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3423f00-7a33-4c28-9cd6-a8637c3d7d18"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0803&GA=111"
source_hash: "e44ee41a32fc6358fae7c16321e91c4eebb6fb8cae2a9fd9a47e7b7e2166b6a1"
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 803 (111) — Education - As enacted, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; revises other various provisions regarding school safety grants. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0078.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0148.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0144.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0803.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/13/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/6/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0148) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0078) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0144)
- **2019-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 154
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/18/2019
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 154

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3423f00-7a33-4c28-9cd6-a8637c3d7d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).