---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, replaces Financial Literacy Week, the first full week of April, with Financial Literacy Month, the entire month of April; requires the financial literacy commission to study financial literacy in this state and report to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, replaces Financial Literacy Week, the first full week of April, with Financial Literacy Month, the entire month of April; requires the financial literacy commission to study financial literacy in this state and report to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Tennessee HB 644 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623140eb-5d6c-438c-bdc7-b53d90659adc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0644&GA=113"
source_hash: "330fedcd485948e33f86055338241214d7dab594ad6848aa8895be1dc52bef27"
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 644 (113) — Education - As enacted, replaces Financial Literacy Week, the first full week of April, with Financial Literacy Month, the entire month of April; requires the financial literacy commission to study financial literacy in this state and report to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0319** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0319.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0644.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/20/2023 3/16/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/10/2023 Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/1/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-01** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-08** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0319)
- **2023-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Message Calendar
- **2023-04-10** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 96, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0644
- **2023-04-11** 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`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 307

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/623140eb-5d6c-438c-bdc7-b53d90659adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).