---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1671"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1671 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3a8ef6-dcd1-4cc9-aa3e-277d1d8f93b8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1671&GA=111"
source_hash: "a7c7880d166fe305187d29593037770c75cd62228666b4981e1f632a720cf177"
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 1671 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0526.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0491.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1671.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 1/28/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/12/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/12/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 1/28/2020
- **2020-01-22** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-01-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-29** Placed on cal. Education for 2/5/2020
- **2020-02-05** Action def. in Education to 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-06** Placed on cal. Education for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0491)
- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0526) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 603
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 603
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/20/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad3a8ef6-dcd1-4cc9-aa3e-277d1d8f93b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).