---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in consultation with the department of health, to develop a standardized form that students can use to report allergies; requires each public school to use the form developed by the department to maintain a record of the school's students with allergies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in consultation with the department of health, to develop a standardized form that students can use to report allergies; requires each public school to use the form developed by the department to maintain a record of the school's students with allergies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1759"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1759 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Reeves"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083f717a-83d2-4bf4-8105-786c849d7e14"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1759&GA=111"
source_hash: "dcf42493e1d69abaec3071abd7faa885abf6fb3fe971bcf3aa4ebcdb1b4ba996"
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 1759 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in consultation with the department of health, to develop a standardized form that students can use to report allergies; requires each public school to use the form developed by the department to maintain a record of the school's students with allergies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1759.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (2) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 2/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/12/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-01-23** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on cal. Education for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/13/2020
- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-02-20** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-02-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 628
- **2020-04-06** Pub. Ch. 628
- **2020-04-06** 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/083f717a-83d2-4bf4-8105-786c849d7e14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).