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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, directs the department to provide career and technical education opportunities for students in middle school; requires an LEA to provide students in seventh or eighth grade with information on available career and technical education programs upon administering a career aptitude assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, directs the department to provide career and technical education opportunities for students in middle school; requires an LEA to provide students in seventh or eighth grade with information on available career and technical education programs upon administering a career aptitude assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1240"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1240 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Hicks T"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f17046-e746-4a03-9962-d6f9c7e14223"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1240&GA=112"
source_hash: "ad2c712d5e843bac0abb50cacb46f9085f8a2f275a45df796e80308792f3f700"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 1240 (112) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, directs the department to provide career and technical education opportunities for students in middle school; requires an LEA to provide students in seventh or eighth grade with information on available career and technical education programs upon administering a career aptitude assessment. - 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1240.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (2) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/30/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Crowe — primary (person)
- Hicks T — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 04/30/2021
- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 271
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 271
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64f17046-e746-4a03-9962-d6f9c7e14223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).