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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board to adopt a policy allowing American sign language courses to satisfy the foreign language credits required for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board to adopt a policy allowing American sign language courses to satisfy the foreign language credits required for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 524"
citation: "Tennessee SB 524 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kane", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36fd7167-0c39-47a9-9965-736509293912"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0524&GA=110"
source_hash: "dd788d97740c93cd7458a5aa3a9471ad109c8e02b87b7a6a2d2307bc06852815"
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 524 (110) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board to adopt a policy allowing American sign language courses to satisfy the foreign language credits required for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.
## 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/SB0524.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2017 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed — **883** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kane — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0060)
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0039) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 270
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017; 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 270
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36fd7167-0c39-47a9-9965-736509293912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).