---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the \"Heart to Heart Act,\" which encourages schools to offer automated external defibrillator device training to school bus drivers. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the \"Heart to Heart Act,\" which encourages schools to offer automated external defibrillator device training to school bus drivers. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2824"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2824 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramsey", "Swann"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a07443d-b72b-4eaf-b981-da5f73064de1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2824&GA=112"
source_hash: "480b401b19f0b05122e01ccc0a65a069c9af02868d7209538352fa49fed0af34"
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 2824 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Heart to Heart Act," which encourages schools to offer automated external defibrillator device training to school bus drivers. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0807** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0807.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2824.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2022 Passed (2) — **5–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramsey — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0807) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 948
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/29/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 948

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a07443d-b72b-4eaf-b981-da5f73064de1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).