---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies that local boards of education and governing bodies of public charter schools, as applicable, have the sole authority to open or close schools during a public health emergency; authorizes the board or governing body to delegate that authority to the director of schools or school administrator, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 58 and Title 68."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies that local boards of education and governing bodies of public charter schools, as applicable, have the sole authority to open or close schools during a public health emergency; authorizes the board or governing body to delegate that authority to the director of schools or school administrator, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 58 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Tennessee SB 103 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e4c3a30-6319-4c98-86b3-64ca62b5b11a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0103&GA=112"
source_hash: "2354f2cd4e1646a478231ad3cf8fa6ddda0c173443225f2848a8aa5a2eed2150"
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 103 (112) — Education - As enacted, specifies that local boards of education and governing bodies of public charter schools, as applicable, have the sole authority to open or close schools during a public health emergency; authorizes the board or governing body to delegate that authority to the director of schools or school administrator, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 58 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0046.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0014** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0014.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0103.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/22/2021 Passed — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/10/2021 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelsey — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/10/2021
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/22/2021
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0014)
- **2021-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0046) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/07/2021
- **2021-04-12** Pub. Ch. 96
- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 96

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e4c3a30-6319-4c98-86b3-64ca62b5b11a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).