---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises the requirements for an LEA's progressive truancy intervention plan; requires, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that each progressive truancy plan adopted by an LEA include a first tier of schoolwide, truancy prevention-oriented supports for all enrolled students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises the requirements for an LEA's progressive truancy intervention plan; requires, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that each progressive truancy plan adopted by an LEA include a first tier of schoolwide, truancy prevention-oriented supports for all enrolled students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Tennessee SB 273 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran", "Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61ea6aa8-0afb-4d0e-b2b7-9f260825c6b2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0273&GA=112"
source_hash: "f1fdf4c3a2bfcca980caf181dc5f2bc2b313e81c2756d216404732b1961a9532"
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 273 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises the requirements for an LEA's progressive truancy intervention plan; requires, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that each progressive truancy plan adopted by an LEA include a first tier of schoolwide, truancy prevention-oriented supports for all enrolled students. - Amends TCA 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/SB0273.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/31/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/9/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/7/2021 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **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
- **2021-03-17** 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** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 223
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 223

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61ea6aa8-0afb-4d0e-b2b7-9f260825c6b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).