---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, subject to certain exceptions, a public school to credit a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H as present for attendance purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, subject to certain exceptions, a public school to credit a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H as present for attendance purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Tennessee SB 203 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d92692-7868-4e3b-a8ee-520beb8a03ed"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0203&GA=112"
source_hash: "dd18d7313da1c898de847152e6494ab4c094c5bff69f1f5b9cef648518aa80d0"
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 203 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, subject to certain exceptions, a public school to credit a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H as present for attendance purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

## 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/SB0203.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/8/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/9/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 04/13/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 116
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d92692-7868-4e3b-a8ee-520beb8a03ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).