---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing truancy and attendance supervisors. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing truancy and attendance supervisors. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Tennessee SB 196 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forgety", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b94daa2-e58b-4c13-b6e6-610704323cbb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0196&GA=110"
source_hash: "133d0fd58d4a81b114e9cfa83f30f1c11be1dfa6fcd89479bf519033c7173187"
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 196 (110) — Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing truancy and attendance supervisors. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

## 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/SB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/12/2017 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forgety — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **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 Instruction & Programs for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0251)
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0399)
- **2017-04-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0638) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0173) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 379
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 379

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b94daa2-e58b-4c13-b6e6-610704323cbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).