---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act,\" which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act,\" which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1867"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1867 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f53aa7b1-0071-4f20-ab41-e31d8382254d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1867&GA=113"
source_hash: "137b13c52fa82d6256bb38209e892eecf90c86b568863ed082e811722942ca9c"
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 1867 (113) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act," which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0545.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0776** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0776.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1867.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2024 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed (1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2 3/20/2024 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2
- **2024-04-02** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0776)
- **2024-04-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0545) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/09/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 954

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f53aa7b1-0071-4f20-ab41-e31d8382254d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).