---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study of best practices in other states for the use of ninth grade \"on-track\" indicators in state accountability systems to prevent students from dropping out of high school, to submit a report of the outcomes of the study to legislative committees, and to publish the report on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study of best practices in other states for the use of ninth grade \"on-track\" indicators in state accountability systems to prevent students from dropping out of high school, to submit a report of the outcomes of the study to legislative committees, and to publish the report on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1295"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1295 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Camper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5bde915-05dd-4cbc-b5a0-ccc80674eabe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1295&GA=113"
source_hash: "8cb7e7a2ecd4a3db1f443f7bcb82e547085818d1d2f01a37723290eea9398df8"
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 1295 (113) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study of best practices in other states for the use of ninth grade "on-track" indicators in state accountability systems to prevent students from dropping out of high school, to submit a report of the outcomes of the study to legislative committees, and to publish the report on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0389** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0389.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0384.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1295.pdf)

## Votes

- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/28/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023 4/6/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **81–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2023 Passed (1) — **26–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Camper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-03-22** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-22** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/5/2023
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 0, PNV 11 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0389) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0384)
- **2023-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 322

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5bde915-05dd-4cbc-b5a0-ccc80674eabe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).