---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to develop and implement a \"Stop the Bleed\" program and provides limited civil immunity to LEAs, schools, and LEA employees for personal injuries resulting from the use of items in a bleeding control kit; establishes requirements for the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to develop and implement a \"Stop the Bleed\" program and provides limited civil immunity to LEAs, schools, and LEA employees for personal injuries resulting from the use of items in a bleeding control kit; establishes requirements for the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Tennessee HB 212 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemmons", "Kyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c518c648-b244-4931-98f1-b40038d8135d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0212&GA=112"
source_hash: "8118ff31a5499116c0ccf07f85c1bbc472a4c1a42f5d5901432e75772a30e2b7"
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 212 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to develop and implement a "Stop the Bleed" program and provides limited civil immunity to LEAs, schools, and LEA employees for personal injuries resulting from the use of items in a bleeding control kit; establishes requirements for the program. - 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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0212.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (3) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/10/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clemmons — primary (person)
- Kyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 389
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 389

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c518c648-b244-4931-98f1-b40038d8135d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).