---
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 $20 million and to authorize the issuance of tax anticipation notes from time to time. - 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 $20 million and to authorize the issuance of tax anticipation notes from time to time. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1536"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1536 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Districts", "Special"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4aed70-d973-4d5a-be09-81a5d99c8cd9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1536&GA=113"
source_hash: "b807489f30c5c3fefaf0eb327a00ce712c8aed0ab274430ffc0ab5c44b262083"
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 1536 (113) — 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 $20 million and to authorize the issuance of tax anticipation notes from time to time. - 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/113/Bill/HB1536.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/23/2023 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023 3/16/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Pr. Ch. 9

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4aed70-d973-4d5a-be09-81a5d99c8cd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).