---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires that the location of a charter school be within the jurisdictional boundaries of the authorizing LEA; requires a charter school to seek a delay in opening if the charter school has not secured a physical location 60 days prior to the opening of the charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires that the location of a charter school be within the jurisdictional boundaries of the authorizing LEA; requires a charter school to seek a delay in opening if the charter school has not secured a physical location 60 days prior to the opening of the charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1570"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1570 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools", "Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Dickerson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09af5a24-9dd7-43fc-9945-ed5367619264"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1570&GA=110"
source_hash: "1fba9f78f5ddc3b352e68ad0401ac258111215cc8282fb95308ebc25f6681566"
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 1570 (110) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires that the location of a charter school be within the jurisdictional boundaries of the authorizing LEA; requires a charter school to seek a delay in opening if the charter school has not secured a physical location 60 days prior to the opening of the charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1570.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 1/31/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018 2/15/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks H — primary (person)
- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-06** Action def. in Education Instruction & Programs to 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0562)
- **2018-02-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-22** Passed H. Ayes 84, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0680) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-02-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 537
- **2018-03-13** Pub. Ch. 537
- **2018-03-13** Effective date(s) 03/07/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09af5a24-9dd7-43fc-9945-ed5367619264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).