---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies that in an educational neglect case a subpoena may be issued for a student's attendance record, including all previous school years that the student attended a public school, in accordance with relevant privacy laws. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies that in an educational neglect case a subpoena may be issued for a student's attendance record, including all previous school years that the student attended a public school, in accordance with relevant privacy laws. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Tennessee HB 61 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raper"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1f4e51f-137e-453a-96aa-4033b6a7bc4b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0061&ga=114"
source_hash: "3b67c5282b49d8fb13ae45e15c50d89dec3ddb9e8488779afbb26136f3f750a8"
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 61 (114) — Education - As enacted, specifies that in an educational neglect case a subpoena may be issued for a student's attendance record, including all previous school years that the student attended a public school, in accordance with relevant privacy laws. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0061.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2025 Passed — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/25
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 2, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 133

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1f4e51f-137e-453a-96aa-4033b6a7bc4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).