---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Directed Studies - Directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effects on public education relative to having multiple school districts operating in the same county. -"
description: "General Assembly, Directed Studies - Directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effects on public education relative to having multiple school districts operating in the same county. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 593"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 593 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Directed Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e0e0f8f-2f21-47df-b458-645d6f72f554"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0593&GA=110"
source_hash: "9b094ce4604de2140e84a459f53629803ead6bf96196c5343c0df7ce1f63987c"
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 SJR 593 (110) — General Assembly, Directed Studies - Directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effects on public education relative to having multiple school districts operating in the same county. -

## 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/SJR0593.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 4/11/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Education Committee
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Ref. to Delayed Bills Comm. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-04-02** Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Approved by Delayed Bills Comm.
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e0e0f8f-2f21-47df-b458-645d6f72f554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).