---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, directs LEAs to require schools to provide each high school student in grades 9-12 with a Scholars Prep Guide upon registering for a course. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, directs LEAs to require schools to provide each high school student in grades 9-12 with a Scholars Prep Guide upon registering for a course. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1988"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1988 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/768de645-628f-47c4-bf12-e9cd586c23ee"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1988&GA=110"
source_hash: "60193f719effe2bcbab166d1d0bf86bfbc0f426297edc2eedfe0681683dd1126"
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 1988 (110) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, directs LEAs to require schools to provide each high school student in grades 9-12 with a Scholars Prep Guide upon registering for a course. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## 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/HB1988.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 2/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **96–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018 3/15/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0716) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0958)
- **2018-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 882
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 882

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/768de645-628f-47c4-bf12-e9cd586c23ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).