---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law enforcement agency to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 62."
description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law enforcement agency to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 62."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1715"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1715 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6cf1c25-9aae-403b-933b-32305641834e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1715&GA=113"
source_hash: "4c0c4356677fe19fdbf76ec93f9cb12932ea4748c446021ed17daaa571ecb698"
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 1715 (113) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law enforcement agency to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 62.

## 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/SB1715.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (2) — **71–24** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2024 Passed — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 10, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-29** Pub. Ch. 729

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6cf1c25-9aae-403b-933b-32305641834e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).