---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish enrollment deadlines for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs so that at-risk students who will be four years old by August 15 must be enrolled by the beginning of the school year and students who are four-year-olds who do not have a disability or who meet the qualifications for enrollment at three years of age must be enrolled by August 30. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish enrollment deadlines for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs so that at-risk students who will be four years old by August 15 must be enrolled by the beginning of the school year and students who are four-year-olds who do not have a disability or who meet the qualifications for enrollment at three years of age must be enrolled by August 30. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 623"
citation: "Tennessee HB 623 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a30efbf1-92de-427c-83b6-1b5d395d5766"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0623&ga=114"
source_hash: "2833e8b50b86e17ef79784a1cc9bc37a795b7abc39d3bd4e6643f8a8931292c3"
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 623 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish enrollment deadlines for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs so that at-risk students who will be four years old by August 15 must be enrolled by the beginning of the school year and students who are four-year-olds who do not have a disability or who meet the qualifications for enrollment at three years of age must be enrolled by August 30. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0132.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0623.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/31/2025 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/24/2025 3/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/4/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCalmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-11** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0132)
- **2025-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** H. Placed on Message Calendar 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0623
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 192

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a30efbf1-92de-427c-83b6-1b5d395d5766`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).