republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-790.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, makes various changes to the state's special education laws; transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, control over the state's special schools. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-322; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 50.	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, makes various changes to the state's special education laws; transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, control over the state's special schools. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-322; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 50.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 790	Tennessee SB 790 (111)	bill	Education Dept. of	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	5	42	7	2019-02-05	2019-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d97cb1dc-4545-4eaa-b740-c0f1a89d7c82	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0790&GA=111	1895694a385d08552baa90d9caa24b98a125ffb78547d617cde50b5ed4d5dadb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 790 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, makes various changes to the state's special education laws; transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, control over the state's special schools. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-322; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 50.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0113 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0029 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0034 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0070 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/26/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/20/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Education-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
• 2019-02-25 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/7/2019
• 2019-02-26 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Education for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Action def. in Education to 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-07 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0034)
• 2019-03-07 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0029)
• 2019-03-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0070)
• 2019-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 No Action Taken
• 2019-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/25/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0113) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 107
• 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 04/11/2019
• 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 107

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d97cb1dc-4545-4eaa-b740-c0f1a89d7c82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).