---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop rules, to be adopted by the state board of education, that include procedures for providing instruction to students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers for a minimum of four hours each instructional day. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop rules, to be adopted by the state board of education, that include procedures for providing instruction to students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers for a minimum of four hours each instructional day. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Tennessee SB 62 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80087afa-95bb-4706-8624-51c3263ea558"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0062&GA=111"
source_hash: "a4a6b5d12904a8af201c7d489ce593a71070ed52d07dfebd63e595d53241c027"
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 62 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop rules, to be adopted by the state board of education, that include procedures for providing instruction to students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers for a minimum of four hours each instructional day. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.

## 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/SB0062.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 4/3/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2019 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2019 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-01** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 191
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/25/2019; 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 191

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80087afa-95bb-4706-8624-51c3263ea558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).