---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies to establish recovery high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 4."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies to establish recovery high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1626"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1626 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-10-16"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe3c5b07-eadc-450b-9342-42b2dd21b0d6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1626&GA=110"
source_hash: "714c9fa38ab486bc3146771810adb69251d0524980f3326d7c775a34f67c845d"
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 1626 (110) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies to establish recovery high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 4.

## 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/SB1626.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/7/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-16** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0576)
- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0670) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-08** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 569
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/16/2018
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 569

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe3c5b07-eadc-450b-9342-42b2dd21b0d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).