---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a transition plan for the purpose of planning the return, no earlier than the 2024-2025 school year, of schools in the ASD to the LEAs from which the schools were removed; requires the commissioner to submit the plan to the education committees of the senate and house by January 1, 2021; clarifies that a school that has been placed in the ASD must remain in the ASD until the school is authorized to return to its LEA according to the transition plan. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a transition plan for the purpose of planning the return, no earlier than the 2024-2025 school year, of schools in the ASD to the LEAs from which the schools were removed; requires the commissioner to submit the plan to the education committees of the senate and house by January 1, 2021; clarifies that a school that has been placed in the ASD must remain in the ASD until the school is authorized to return to its LEA according to the transition plan. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1008 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afabcb2f-48bc-48c9-aec6-97dbcf17ea9f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1008&GA=111"
source_hash: "f38dc2352b35324461d9fba0ed385e9db2777cc3470768463d41355485ab625e"
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 HB 1008 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a transition plan for the purpose of planning the return, no earlier than the 2024-2025 school year, of schools in the ASD to the LEAs from which the schools were removed; requires the commissioner to submit the plan to the education committees of the senate and house by January 1, 2021; clarifies that a school that has been placed in the ASD must remain in the ASD until the school is authorized to return to its LEA according to the transition plan. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0822.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0866.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0883.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0916.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0690.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1008.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY MITCHELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/15/2020 Passed (2) — **64–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/15/2020 Passed (3) — **64–23** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 6/3/2020 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 5/26/2020 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/15/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 4 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/10/2020 Passed (2) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-11** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 5/26/2020
- **2020-05-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-05-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-10** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2020-06-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-06-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0690)
- **2020-06-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0822) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA0916) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15** Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0883) `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-06-15** Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0866) `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-06-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-17** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 4 - HA0916) `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 777
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afabcb2f-48bc-48c9-aec6-97dbcf17ea9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).