---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Home - As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent-teacher of a home school student provide proof of the student's immunizations and receipt of health services or examinations required by law generally for children in this state to the local education agency; exempts home school students from the immunization requirements applicable to students attending a school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility; authorizes an LEA, in situations where a home school student participates in an LEA-sponsored interscholastic or extracurricular activity or event, to request and receive proof that the student received a health service or examination that is required for the LEA's students to participate in the activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68."
description: "Schools, Home - As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent-teacher of a home school student provide proof of the student's immunizations and receipt of health services or examinations required by law generally for children in this state to the local education agency; exempts home school students from the immunization requirements applicable to students attending a school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility; authorizes an LEA, in situations where a home school student participates in an LEA-sponsored interscholastic or extracurricular activity or event, to request and receive proof that the student received a health service or examination that is required for the LEA's students to participate in the activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Tennessee HB 252 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Home", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e0ee78-b8c2-4147-b4d5-59cf110d24b1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0252&GA=113"
source_hash: "b0dc6dee399d0d7f4f6d6c17efbf8905a9bc358eac6a5b44203f0e0b5a861e47"
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 252 (113) — Schools, Home - As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent-teacher of a home school student provide proof of the student's immunizations and receipt of health services or examinations required by law generally for children in this state to the local education agency; exempts home school students from the immunization requirements applicable to students attending a school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility; authorizes an LEA, in situations where a home school student participates in an LEA-sponsored interscholastic or extracurricular activity or event, to request and receive proof that the student received a health service or examination that is required for the LEA's students to participate in the activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0009.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0386** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0386.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0252.pdf)

## Votes

- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/7/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2023 Passed — **68–25** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/15/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2023
- **2023-02-27** Reset on cal. for 3/2/2023
- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 25, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0009) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0386)
- **2023-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 296

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e0ee78-b8c2-4147-b4d5-59cf110d24b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).