---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, designates the week of September 17 as \"Celebrate Freedom Week\" in public schools; requires the department of education to provide LEAs with grade appropriate internet resources and materials for instruction for use during such week; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, designates the week of September 17 as \"Celebrate Freedom Week\" in public schools; requires the department of education to provide LEAs with grade appropriate internet resources and materials for instruction for use during such week; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Tennessee HB 287 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1532c0fc-ada8-4dbb-b872-ce89e34e985f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0287&GA=110"
source_hash: "57aa145f5025f69bc46ef32ed5b843baafa9915408424d1a0af236166063c638"
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 287 (110) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, designates the week of September 17 as "Celebrate Freedom Week" in public schools; requires the department of education to provide LEAs with grade appropriate internet resources and materials for instruction for use during such week; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

## 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/HB0287.pdf)

## Votes

- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 3/22/2017 Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/21/17
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0342)
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 8, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0175) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0175) `passage`
- **2017-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 279
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 279
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017; 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1532c0fc-ada8-4dbb-b872-ce89e34e985f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).