---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Students Right to Know Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Students Right to Know Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1246 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calfee", "Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a7d1e74-613c-4927-b34d-ac234a8a1c54"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1246&GA=112"
source_hash: "ed1cc2d9ea0af0df7395b49525ce217360483c7f24a8354ee40d71681e53aaf2"
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 1246 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Students Right to Know Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0276** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0276.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0242** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0242.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1246.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/7/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed (3) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/3/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calfee — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Education Administration-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-11** R/S Concurred, v.v. `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0276) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0242)
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 507
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 507

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a7d1e74-613c-4927-b34d-ac234a8a1c54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).