---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Individualized Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Individualized Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Tennessee HB 63 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Kane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a8caec-9a9c-4d33-9378-7adbafe2fb21"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0063&GA=110"
source_hash: "37782b943b8c31b4875113305832eec5250ef448c0890325ad3486422fcdc023"
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 63 (110) — Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Individualized Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## 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/HB0063.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Failed — **56–33** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **52–41** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Failed (2) — **50–36** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2017 Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed — **61–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Kane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor change.
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
- **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
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **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
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 52, Nays 41, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0280) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0354)
- **2017-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-27** 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. 305
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/05/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 305

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39a8caec-9a9c-4d33-9378-7adbafe2fb21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).