---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Private - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered \"church-related\" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8."
description: "Schools, Private - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered \"church-related\" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1392"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1392 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools", "Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Gresham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/782c0ebe-ca5f-4832-817c-0a10c9c8afdb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1392&GA=111"
source_hash: "baa0220626ea9b826af9dfa7e0ea1b4c07475c6e350c7c0a1f2a2d8586354d3b"
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 1392 (111) — Schools, Private - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered "church-related" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0327.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0390.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1392.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Gresham — 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
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0327) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0390)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 456
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 456

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/782c0ebe-ca5f-4832-817c-0a10c9c8afdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).