---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2059"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2059 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks T"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cedf5c80-496e-49b2-b575-072a0662be75"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2059&GA=113"
source_hash: "0435f5bf200701dcbc8135ba9395fe45ae0268647a16a6d7429ba6ea486261f3"
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 2059 (113) — Education - As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0546** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0546.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0530** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0530.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2059.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/6/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hicks T — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0546) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0530)
- **2024-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 543

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cedf5c80-496e-49b2-b575-072a0662be75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).