---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee High-Quality Charter Schools Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee High-Quality Charter Schools Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 310"
citation: "Tennessee HB 310 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools", "Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a01b2a8-9bc1-49d1-b60d-2f295a32154a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0310&GA=110"
source_hash: "3150f625bdafa24af172e157259ab94b47e93c83e8d7cd6716edc6a51da68f1d"
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 310 (110) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee High-Quality Charter Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

## 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/HB0310.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 3/1/2017 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/7/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **78–8** (pass) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/15/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2017 Passed (1) — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2017 Failed — **56–30** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** 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
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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 cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/11/17
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0042) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0253)
- **2017-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 307
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 307

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a01b2a8-9bc1-49d1-b60d-2f295a32154a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).