---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a board of education to allow a student who is the dependent child of a member of the United States armed forces and who does not reside within the boundaries of the school district to enroll in a public school within the school district under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a board of education to allow a student who is the dependent child of a member of the United States armed forces and who does not reside within the boundaries of the school district to enroll in a public school within the school district under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1197"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1197 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White", "Wright"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98356d27-7539-4ff0-9930-dd3937c12ba6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1197&GA=111"
source_hash: "e6b3238907781771d6634fe93de72364e3a2ef99ccd190f9622cf0c4e6d45a9d"
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 1197 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a board of education to allow a student who is the dependent child of a member of the United States armed forces and who does not reside within the boundaries of the school district to enroll in a public school within the school district under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1197.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/4/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/18/2019 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)
- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Education for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/4/2019
- **2019-03-04** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 138
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 138
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/09/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98356d27-7539-4ff0-9930-dd3937c12ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).