---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to allocate funding to educational facilities providing educational instructional services to students who are admitted to such facilities under order of a juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to allocate funding to educational facilities providing educational instructional services to students who are admitted to such facilities under order of a juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1803"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1803 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Pitts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f78d10d-f599-4442-a2fa-b273b5105b34"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1803&GA=110"
source_hash: "ec009d788d7d77126d8838738b6b7d14dbde2c78a098bd0b523f76bfff5628a5"
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 1803 (110) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to allocate funding to educational facilities providing educational instructional services to students who are admitted to such facilities under order of a juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

## 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/SB1803.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/3/2018 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2018 PASSED — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/7/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **94–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Pitts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning--Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-15** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-03** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1019)
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 810
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/24/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 810

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f78d10d-f599-4442-a2fa-b273b5105b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).