---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1644"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1644 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791b7ca8-dbf6-4f35-95cf-ead985af0a26"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1644&GA=113"
source_hash: "6a07d382bbbcf2e599e99926cb527e6fb4e21d4cd913e524e1db40ace5b2b8c5"
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 1644 (113) — Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0514** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0514.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0526.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1644.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2024 Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2024 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/26/2024 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 1/23/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 1/23/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 1/23/2024 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024 2/1/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024 2/1/2024 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/31/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 1/23/2024
- **2024-01-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 1/31/2024
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2024
- **2024-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024
- **2024-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0514) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0526)
- **2024-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 03/12/2024
- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 563

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/791b7ca8-dbf6-4f35-95cf-ead985af0a26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).