---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds in an amount of $5 million or less to provide funds for the district. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981."
description: "School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds in an amount of $5 million or less to provide funds for the district. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 665"
citation: "Tennessee HB 665 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Districts", "Special"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f7986f-5a06-4966-a055-c5f94c81f01c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0665&GA=112"
source_hash: "cf5d2cb314fc282d2b2319f98706f93eb1ea1ec9100e89f92dca77df009b40da"
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 665 (112) — School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds in an amount of $5 million or less to provide funds for the district. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0665.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/9/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Halford — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Sponsor change.
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Pr. Ch. 3
- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 3

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f7986f-5a06-4966-a055-c5f94c81f01c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).