--- type: "Bill" title: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6." description: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 1394" citation: "Tennessee SB 1394 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Tate"] version_count: 1 action_count: 52 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2017-02-08" last_action: "2017-05-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5451e182-7d6e-40cb-acd6-ddb70f240c8a" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1394&GA=110" source_hash: "14f0a226b1c0f8d1cfc086feef0e1732c852bcee67d8b2dc07841cd9200c8c01" 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 SB 1394 (110) — Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and 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/SB1394.pdf) ## Votes - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Akbari — primary (person) - Tate — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee - **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee` - **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/21/2017 - **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2/28/2017 - **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017 - **2017-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/7/2017 - **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017 - **2017-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/14/2017 - **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017 - **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/14/2017 - **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable` - **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017 - **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committe to 3/22/2017 - **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/21/2017 - **2017-03-21** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 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 - **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017 - **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules 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 - **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017 - **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017 - **2017-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage` - **2017-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0247) `amendment-passage` - **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017 - **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. - **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-13** Companion House Bill substituted - **2017-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage` - **2017-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0347) - **2017-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. - **2017-04-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker - **2017-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. - **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2017-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 204 - **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 204 - **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/27/2017 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5451e182-7d6e-40cb-acd6-ddb70f240c8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).