republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-20.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, extends the date of the repeal of the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16.	Education - As enacted, extends the date of the repeal of the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 20	Tennessee SB 20 (111)	bill	Education	enacted	Gresham Powers	1	48	8	2019-01-07	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0889b312-0539-4107-a83a-f5931aff6aed	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0020&GA=111	6fbde5628216b5c7f039d9223a73a26beaff8e4501ac66a8a5ebcc7f9502f505	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 20 (111) — Education - As enacted, extends the date of the repeal of the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 2/26/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/11/2019 Passed — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/6/2019 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2019 Passed — 73–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gresham — primary (person)
• Powers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-09 Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
• 2019-01-19 Refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2019-01-22 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-23 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-24 P2C, ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2019-01-27 Assigned to s/c House Education Administration Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/6/2019
• 2019-02-06 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-02-06 Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/12/2019
• 2019-02-07 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/11/2019
• 2019-02-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 passage
• 2019-02-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-02-12 Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Education for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 No Action Taken
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 No Action Taken
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 No Action Taken
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 No Action Taken
• 2019-04-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-10 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-18 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/19
• 2019-04-22 Objected to on Consent Calendar.
• 2019-04-23 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-23 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-23 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-24 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-29 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-30 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-13 Pub. Ch. 283
• 2019-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/08/2019
• 2019-05-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 283

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0889b312-0539-4107-a83a-f5931aff6aed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).