---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"K-12 Mental Health Trust Fund Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"K-12 Mental Health Trust Fund Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Tennessee HB 73 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03bdc900-5dcf-4958-85d5-31e410091ae4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0073&GA=112"
source_hash: "760381c3bd2a0d4da1fb483ca89ab3ad0bfccd107f1fdfba89b0422f8bf74808"
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 73 (112) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "K-12 Mental Health Trust Fund Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0270.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0419.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0251.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0073.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **84–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed (3) — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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** 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** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 5, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0251)
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0419) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0270) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-19** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 595
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/27/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 595

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03bdc900-5dcf-4958-85d5-31e410091ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).