---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sports - As enacted, enacts the \"Safe Stars Act,\" which establishes certain health and safety requirements in regard to school youth athletic activities. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68."
description: "Sports - As enacted, enacts the \"Safe Stars Act,\" which establishes certain health and safety requirements in regard to school youth athletic activities. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1259 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum", "Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/480917a6-d081-44f1-914c-6a27960ef8fa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1259&GA=112"
source_hash: "0916e96136797d5be6b19b0bef7ea09ca9a45806dc7706580e24506230a0b9c4"
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 1259 (112) — Sports - As enacted, enacts the "Safe Stars Act," which establishes certain health and safety requirements in regard to school youth athletic activities. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0277.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0243** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0243.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1259.pdf)

## Votes

- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/23/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **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
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action def. in Education Administration to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0277) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0243)
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 272
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/480917a6-d081-44f1-914c-6a27960ef8fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).