---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, expands career and technical education programs to middle school grades; requires the board of career and technical education to plan facilities for comprehensive career and technical training for middle school students. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, expands career and technical education programs to middle school grades; requires the board of career and technical education to plan facilities for comprehensive career and technical training for middle school students. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Tennessee SB 63 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af0b8b7-360a-4ae5-9888-a5094a5d35f6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0063&GA=111"
source_hash: "6bfd907f616c848b9cdfd260f10cec473d4ab2311115cefbe152ceabe7e282b5"
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 63 (111) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, expands career and technical education programs to middle school grades; requires the board of career and technical education to plan facilities for comprehensive career and technical training for middle school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0403.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0379.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0063.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/2/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/24/2019 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBerry — 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
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2019-04-10** 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 s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0379)
- **2019-04-30** Reset on next available calendar
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0403) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 366
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019; 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 366

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5af0b8b7-360a-4ae5-9888-a5094a5d35f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).