---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Tennessee SB 170 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love", "Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda96d33-7a4d-47f2-a337-97fb97ef8bd5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0170&GA=111"
source_hash: "5ecaf4f7eef2a64e154293348e784afe1a9f016a81953ae879cb524f6d4a197e"
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 170 (111) — Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0404.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0378.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0170.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **80–11** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Roll 5 places 4/3/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/3/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 2 4/17/2019 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)
- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Meeting Adjourned
- **2019-02-27** Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/10/2019
- **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`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Education for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action def. in Education to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 2
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 11, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0404) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Senate Reset on calendar 4/29/19
- **2019-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0378)
- **2019-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 421
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 421
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fda96d33-7a4d-47f2-a337-97fb97ef8bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).