---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Franklin special school district of Williamson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $45 million. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949."
description: "School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Franklin special school district of Williamson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $45 million. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "Tennessee SB 573 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Districts", "Special"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7b56881-1ade-4905-b441-0a3b411af893"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0573&GA=112"
source_hash: "9ff2b8c87e36d6b878c902e017a792a5a5417a532eb3c02a7bcfbbc2df57186a"
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 573 (112) — School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Franklin special school district of Williamson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $45 million. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949.

## 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/SB0573.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** Held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-24** Recalled from Senate Education Committee
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 6
- **2021-04-30** Pr. Ch. 6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7b56881-1ade-4905-b441-0a3b411af893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).