republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, changes the time period a local board of education has to deny or approve a sponsor's amended application from 30 days to 60 days; changes the time period in which the amended application will be deemed approved if the local board of education fails to deny or approve the amended application from 30 days to 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, changes the time period a local board of education has to deny or approve a sponsor's amended application from 30 days to 60 days; changes the time period in which the amended application will be deemed approved if the local board of education fails to deny or approve the amended application from 30 days to 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1237 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools", "Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Tate"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd0d40d-72fb-4903-8693-8327cdd179a8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1237&GA=110"
source_hash: "66ed7eac91b64293bf770f6e1ea1ce6a104d45c3783f1979ffb09ae7f7f06edf"
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 1237 (110) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, changes the time period a local board of education has to deny or approve a sponsor's amended application from 30 days to 60 days; changes the time period in which the amended application will be deemed approved if the local board of education fails to deny or approve the amended application from 30 days to 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## 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/HB1237.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 3/14/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018 3/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee of Education Instruction & Programs
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Education Committee
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0881)
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0913) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 698
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 698
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dd0d40d-72fb-4903-8693-8327cdd179a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).