---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, prohibits alterations to a student's transcript unless the LEA, charter school, or virtual school has a written policy governing transcript alterations; prohibits an LEA from retaliating against an employee who brings unauthorized transcript alterations to the attention of school officials; provides penalty for violation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, prohibits alterations to a student's transcript unless the LEA, charter school, or virtual school has a written policy governing transcript alterations; prohibits an LEA from retaliating against an employee who brings unauthorized transcript alterations to the attention of school officials; provides penalty for violation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1624"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1624 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Parkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd21769e-548c-4d5c-b22e-bf4ff8343d76"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1624&GA=110"
source_hash: "b5582ea0134b37657aed144d5673ce5e14b9387cf8e4ef4f93399f89a1e8a040"
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 1624 (110) — Education - As enacted, prohibits alterations to a student's transcript unless the LEA, charter school, or virtual school has a written policy governing transcript alterations; prohibits an LEA from retaliating against an employee who brings unauthorized transcript alterations to the attention of school officials; provides penalty for violation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 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/SB1624.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0676) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0629)
- **2018-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 557
- **2018-03-19** Pub. Ch. 557
- **2018-03-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd21769e-548c-4d5c-b22e-bf4ff8343d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).