---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1817"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1817 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b911ab-61db-4267-a3db-b6374586a428"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1817&ga=114"
source_hash: "794a90204e8370a4f103b7e5a4357b0cb3e48e023668b3fd07e58b552ae7a875"
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 1817 (114) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1022.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0808** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0808.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1817.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/18/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0808)
- **2026-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1022) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 834

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96b911ab-61db-4267-a3db-b6374586a428`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).