republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1012.md

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Bill	Students - As enacted, allows a student to be excused from a school athletic event if the event occurs on an official school holiday, observed day of worship, or religious holiday and the parent or legal guardian provides prior written notice of the student's absence; authorizes an unforeseen emergency as exception to the parent or legal guardian providing prior written notice of the student's absence from the athletic event. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1002.	Students - As enacted, allows a student to be excused from a school athletic event if the event occurs on an official school holiday, observed day of worship, or religious holiday and the parent or legal guardian provides prior written notice of the student's absence; authorizes an unforeseen emergency as exception to the parent or legal guardian providing prior written notice of the student's absence from the athletic event. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1002.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 1012	Tennessee SB 1012 (110)	bill	Students	enacted	Brooks K Gardenhire	1	41	4	2017-02-09	2017-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f2055c19-00fd-471c-bead-0cd2da1fd2e8	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1012&GA=110	a786d6ffb09f0e6689f3d990d5f4810acd712136025926407e9f31982f29ecf7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1012 (110) — Students - As enacted, allows a student to be excused from a school athletic event if the event occurs on an official school holiday, observed day of worship, or religious holiday and the parent or legal guardian provides prior written notice of the student's absence; authorizes an unforeseen emergency as exception to the parent or legal guardian providing prior written notice of the student's absence from the athletic event. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1002.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed — 81–11 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/13/2017 Passed (2) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2017 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brooks K — primary (person)
• Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2017-02-13 P1C.
• 2017-02-15 Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-01 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
• 2017-03-07 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-03-08 Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/14/2017
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
• 2017-03-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-03-13 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-03-13 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0100)
• 2017-03-14 Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-28 Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 4/4/2017
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
• 2017-04-04 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-06 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
• 2017-04-10 Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 11, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-10 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0268) amendment-passage
• 2017-04-10 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-04-10 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-04-13 Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
• 2017-04-17 Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0268) passage
• 2017-04-20 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-04-24 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-25 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-26 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-11 Pub. Ch. 260
• 2017-05-11 Effective date(s) 05/02/2017
• 2017-05-11 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 260

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2055c19-00fd-471c-bead-0cd2da1fd2e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).