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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to purchase technology using state school funds for textbooks and instructional materials in a school year immediately following a textbook adoption cycle in which the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission did not list or recommend career and technical education textbooks or instructional materials; authorizes LEAs to use any remainder of such funds after the purchase of career and technical education textbooks or instructional materials to purchase technology. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to purchase technology using state school funds for textbooks and instructional materials in a school year immediately following a textbook adoption cycle in which the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission did not list or recommend career and technical education textbooks or instructional materials; authorizes LEAs to use any remainder of such funds after the purchase of career and technical education textbooks or instructional materials to purchase technology. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1377"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1377 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd81c40-bcca-4b2d-aa47-c42e8024fa80"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1377&GA=112"
source_hash: "62cd6f6378dc88e9a4f87857cdd8b9181ca4b4cc9224c64de449b515e09472da"
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 1377 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to purchase technology using state school funds for textbooks and instructional materials in a school year immediately following a textbook adoption cycle in which the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission did not list or recommend career and technical education textbooks or instructional materials; authorizes LEAs to use any remainder of such funds after the purchase of career and technical education textbooks or instructional materials to purchase technology. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0261** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0261.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0234.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1377.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/30/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/8/2021 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **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 if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0234)
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0261) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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. 276
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 276
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccd81c40-bcca-4b2d-aa47-c42e8024fa80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).