---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, allows the energy efficient schools council to award grants or loans for energy efficient capital outlay projects to charter schools and the achievement school district in addition to LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 17 and Section 49-4-940."
description: "Education - As enacted, allows the energy efficient schools council to award grants or loans for energy efficient capital outlay projects to charter schools and the achievement school district in addition to LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 17 and Section 49-4-940."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2549"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2549 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "White D"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ba88ec-f430-44f1-a20b-7cc34acd5900"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2549&GA=110"
source_hash: "f78a8dd29b379114377f852c3d99951e00537d072bd304b5398ebabaffc1b740"
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 2549 (110) — Education - As enacted, allows the energy efficient schools council to award grants or loans for energy efficient capital outlay projects to charter schools and the achievement school district in addition to LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 17 and Section 49-4-940.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2549.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 2/20/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 4/10/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/9/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/27/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- White D — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 835
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 835
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78ba88ec-f430-44f1-a20b-7cc34acd5900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).