republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-170.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 170	Tennessee SB 170 (111)	bill	Education	enacted	Love Robinson	3	44	7	2019-01-28	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/fda96d33-7a4d-47f2-a337-97fb97ef8bd5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0170&GA=111	5ecaf4f7eef2a64e154293348e784afe1a9f016a81953ae879cb524f6d4a197e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 170 (111) — Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0404 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0378 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — 80–11 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — 27–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Roll 5 places 4/3/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/3/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 2 4/17/2019 Passed — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Love — primary (person)
• Robinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-31 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2019-01-31 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 P2C, ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-20 Meeting Adjourned
• 2019-02-27 Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-10 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Education for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Action def. in Education to 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 2
• 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 11, PNV 6 passage
• 2019-04-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0404) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/25/2019
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2019
• 2019-04-25 Senate Reset on calendar 4/29/19
• 2019-04-29 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-29 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 1, PNV 2 passage
• 2019-04-29 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0378)
• 2019-04-29 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-05-02 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 421
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 421
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 05/21/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fda96d33-7a4d-47f2-a337-97fb97ef8bd5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).