---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, makes various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, makes various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1016"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1016 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fafe7240-4f03-4504-b85b-0047e44be162"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1016&GA=113"
source_hash: "36934394dfb6b1dcdac0940aa14749d7e8718618609a7c82dd7451b4a2557bfc"
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 HB 1016 (113) — Education - As enacted, makes various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0336** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0336.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0201.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0939** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0939.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1016.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023 3/30/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/15/2024 Passed — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0336) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0939)
- **2024-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0201)
- **2024-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 91, Nays 2 PNV 3 HB1016
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 903

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fafe7240-4f03-4504-b85b-0047e44be162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).