---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency to implement the law enforcement against drugs and violence (L.E.A.D.) program in schools operated by the LEA; authorizes an LEA's implementation of the L.E.A.D. program to be in lieu of the DARE program. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1."
description: "Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency to implement the law enforcement against drugs and violence (L.E.A.D.) program in schools operated by the LEA; authorizes an LEA's implementation of the L.E.A.D. program to be in lieu of the DARE program. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 382"
citation: "Tennessee HB 382 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce2e82f-c8ba-4de4-a721-3ce2b1790f3f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0382&ga=114"
source_hash: "d7f23d3a57945c42913726cf227aa8699df462efcf17b860ba422ce577e2f306"
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 382 (114) — Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency to implement the law enforcement against drugs and violence (L.E.A.D.) program in schools operated by the LEA; authorizes an LEA's implementation of the L.E.A.D. program to be in lieu of the DARE program. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0003.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0063** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0063.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0382.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (3) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/11/2025 Passed (4) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/11/2025
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0003) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0063)
- **2025-03-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/28/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ce2e82f-c8ba-4de4-a721-3ce2b1790f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).