---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises requirements in state law where an SAT score is explicitly stated to account for the change in scoring on the revised SAT exams. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-702 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises requirements in state law where an SAT score is explicitly stated to account for the change in scoring on the revised SAT exams. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-702 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Tennessee SB 394 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c35f90-3803-47b7-85a3-6b10bf917560"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0394&GA=110"
source_hash: "67073329c08fdce176351b88bf4ef70f144d2ddc2f5113f77bedb608688e94ae"
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 394 (110) — Education - As enacted, revises requirements in state law where an SAT score is explicitly stated to account for the change in scoring on the revised SAT exams. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-702 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

## 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/SB0394.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/23/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 328
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 328

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79c35f90-3803-47b7-85a3-6b10bf917560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).