---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-614."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-614."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "Tennessee SB 737 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ac7c621-84d0-4d7b-b205-90e99c442dd1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0737&GA=112"
source_hash: "8718dedc2a51eb40992e33a200c6030bd2f04ad5d474f0c47cfe4e5c62010589"
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 737 (112) — Education - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-614.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0210** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0210.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0252** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0252.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0737.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/28/2021 Passed — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/23/2021 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **62–28** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/31/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/5/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-04** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 62, Nays 28, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0210) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0252)
- **2021-05-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 490
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/24/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 490

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ac7c621-84d0-4d7b-b205-90e99c442dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).