republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1251.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, makes various changes to state education laws; revises certain duties of the commissioner of education; transfers certain duties from the department of education to local boards of education; transfers certain duties from the state board of education to local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education - As enacted, makes various changes to state education laws; revises certain duties of the commissioner of education; transfers certain duties from the department of education to local boards of education; transfers certain duties from the state board of education to local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1251	Tennessee SB 1251 (111)	bill	Education	enacted	Dunn Gresham	6	45	7	2019-02-05	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/242a7037-0a43-4083-9111-472be2056d09	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1251&GA=111	3a4be756c8ae463fb289f7abb2fc18882ff6f0b0df6a64299a77e8ba5aad1602	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1251 (111) — Education - As enacted, makes various changes to state education laws; revises certain duties of the commissioner of education; transfers certain duties from the department of education to local boards of education; transfers certain duties from the state board of education to local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0112 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0224 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0248 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0281 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment SA0291 (committee substitute) — source
6. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 4 4/17/2019 Passed — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/5/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dunn — primary (person)
• Gresham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
• 2019-03-05 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 No Action Taken
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-03 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
• 2019-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0112) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-08 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-08 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-11 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2019
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
• 2019-04-15 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-15 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/17/19
• 2019-04-15 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-15 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0281)
• 2019-04-15 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0248)
• 2019-04-15 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0224)
• 2019-04-15 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA0291)
• 2019-04-15 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-17 H. concurred in S. am. no. 4 Ayes 96, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0788
• 2019-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-23 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-23 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 248
• 2019-05-09 Pub. Ch. 248
• 2019-05-09 Effective date(s) 05/02/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/242a7037-0a43-4083-9111-472be2056d09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).