---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1688"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1688 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb630059-9074-47d3-9837-cd09db5c0c14"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1688&GA=113"
source_hash: "74b7e239a622d10a73136d99092102fa8496062b70cca949eb3ec9b1180bbfe1"
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 SB 1688 (113) — Education - As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0946** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0946.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0559.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1688.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **84–8** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2024 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2024 Passed — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0559)
- **2024-03-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0946) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/01/2024, 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-09** Pub. Ch. 829

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb630059-9074-47d3-9837-cd09db5c0c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).