republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1790.md

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Bill	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, permits the commissioner to grant an LEA a waiver of average class size limits to assist the LEA with funding a grow your own program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, permits the commissioner to grant an LEA a waiver of average class size limits to assist the LEA with funding a grow your own program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1790	Tennessee SB 1790 (111)	bill	Education Dept. of	enacted	Johnson C Powers	2	32	6	2020-01-22	2020-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d65efa4f-106a-40b8-b41e-e22655ed9c6a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1790&GA=111	3534a6f6978f8863857ed6c268e31d197730bd03fc4f5c90eef5cb7632fa3256	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1790 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, permits the commissioner to grant an LEA a waiver of average class size limits to assist the LEA with funding a grow your own program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0570 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (2) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/4/2020 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson C — primary (person)
• Powers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-22 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-22 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-23 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-01-23 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-27 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2020-01-27 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 P2C, ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
• 2020-02-19 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/26/2020
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
• 2020-02-26 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/4/2020
• 2020-02-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2020-03-04 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
• 2020-03-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-05 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-09 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2020-03-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-03-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-03-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0570)
• 2020-03-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-03-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-03-11 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-03-13 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-03-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-03-26 Pub. Ch. 587
• 2020-03-26 Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
• 2020-03-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 587

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d65efa4f-106a-40b8-b41e-e22655ed9c6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).