republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-2473.md

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Bill	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 2473	Tennessee SB 2473 (111)	bill	Local Education Agencies	enacted	Powers Yager	1	38	6	2020-02-05	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/084fd75b-8b5e-4c55-b323-c571493cc29c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2473&GA=111	c5f5221214e9a0d2bb725f9992f50571c5a7f9aff1594809087f98fea09e5521	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2473 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (2) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Powers — primary (person)
• Yager — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-05 Intro. introduction
• 2020-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-02-06 P1C.
• 2020-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2020-02-10 P2C, ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
• 2020-02-19 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
• 2020-02-25 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2020
• 2020-03-03 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/5/2020
• 2020-03-04 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-04 Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-11 Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-18 Meeting Canceled
• 2020-05-20 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 5/28/2020
• 2020-05-28 Action def. in Education Committee to 6/4/2020
• 2020-06-01 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 6/3/2020
• 2020-06-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
• 2020-06-03 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-04 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/8/2020
• 2020-06-08 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-06-08 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-06-08 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-06-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-06-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-06-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-06-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 743
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/084fd75b-8b5e-4c55-b323-c571493cc29c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).