---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, increases from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor the penalty for a student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian failing to report an adjudication that the student committed certain delinquent acts to the school principal; specifies that a school principal shall ask a student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian whether there has been any such adjudication. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, increases from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor the penalty for a student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian failing to report an adjudication that the student committed certain delinquent acts to the school principal; specifies that a school principal shall ask a student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian whether there has been any such adjudication. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2142"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2142 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin G"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381312e3-f91a-483b-bb83-00c26df01588"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2142&GA=113"
source_hash: "b077f01ac83984f4ec81cd325e9e0a4cb5ffc3af3906f7f275899d2c2ef71a0a"
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 2142 (113) — Education - As enacted, increases from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor the penalty for a student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian failing to report an adjudication that the student committed certain delinquent acts to the school principal; specifies that a school principal shall ask a student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian whether there has been any such adjudication. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## 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/HB2142.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2024 Passed — **71–23** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/13/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2024 Passed (1) — **75–20** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/13/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin G — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-22** Pub. Ch. 721

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/381312e3-f91a-483b-bb83-00c26df01588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).