---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, prohibits a county LEA or public charter school authorized to operate in a county LEA from charging registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition for a student who resides in the county and who transfers to a public charter school authorized to operate in the county LEA from another LEA located in the same county. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, prohibits a county LEA or public charter school authorized to operate in a county LEA from charging registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition for a student who resides in the county and who transfers to a public charter school authorized to operate in the county LEA from another LEA located in the same county. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1018"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1018 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c524ac88-0855-4259-8749-c431055d11af"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1018&ga=114"
source_hash: "c31de8de7cb8e9c26a7c7b2820136bdd858f98a780235341065a58c4cb828f81"
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 1018 (114) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, prohibits a county LEA or public charter school authorized to operate in a county LEA from charging registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition for a student who resides in the county and who transfers to a public charter school authorized to operate in the county LEA from another LEA located in the same county. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0304.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0026.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1018.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/17/2025 Passed (1) — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **74–20** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0026)
- **2025-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0304) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0304) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 388

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c524ac88-0855-4259-8749-c431055d11af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).