---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, creates a nine-member Tennessee commission on education recovery and innovation to examine the short and long-term systemic effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters of 2020 have had on the state's educational systems. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, creates a nine-member Tennessee commission on education recovery and innovation to examine the short and long-term systemic effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters of 2020 have had on the state's educational systems. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2470"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2470 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Gresham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98931039-e44b-4456-a622-15915200e4a9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2470&GA=111"
source_hash: "05a47c23b87dbe1c498b69ffd9400dd03fbbcfd3cd377817c453dfa7637b889f"
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 2470 (111) — Education - As enacted, creates a nine-member Tennessee commission on education recovery and innovation to examine the short and long-term systemic effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters of 2020 have had on the state's educational systems. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0823.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0972.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0980.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0691.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0716** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0716.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2470.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 5/26/2020 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 6/3/2020 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/15/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/11/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/11/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/3/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020 6/15/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 6/10/2020 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2020-02-18** Refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-18** Recalled from Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2020-03-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on s/c cal K-12 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** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-06-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-08** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-09** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee / Behind the Budget
- **2020-06-10** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-06-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-06-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0716)
- **2020-06-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0691)
- **2020-06-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-06-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-17** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0980) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0972) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0823) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **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. 792
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 792
- **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/98931039-e44b-4456-a622-15915200e4a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).