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Bill Education - As enacted, deletes several obsolete provisions and makes various substantive changes to education laws; establishes parameters for the teaching of certain concepts related to race and sex. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. Education - As enacted, deletes several obsolete provisions and makes various substantive changes to education laws; establishes parameters for the teaching of certain concepts related to race and sex. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 623 Tennessee SB 623 (112)
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Tennessee SB 623 (112) — Education - As enacted, deletes several obsolete provisions and makes various substantive changes to education laws; establishes parameters for the teaching of certain concepts related to race and sex. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0332 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0441 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0144 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed — 6726 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/14/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT MINORITY REPORT 5/5/2021 Passed — 6720 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Minority Report Motion to Substitute Conference Committee Report 5/5/2021 Passed — 267 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/5/2021 Passed — 257 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Previous Question Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/5/2021 Passed — 255 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — 6923 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 Passed — 123 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/5/2021 Passed — 6521 (pass) · lower
  • K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/5/2021 Failed — 2166 (fail) · lower
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/24/2021 Passed — 70 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed — 6725 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/5/2021 Passed — 6920 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Ragan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-05 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-10 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  • 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Ref. to Education Administration -- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
  • 2021-03-18 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-04-01 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-04-01 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0144)
  • 2021-04-05 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Action def. in Education Administration to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-15 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2021
  • 2021-04-19 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
  • 2021-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-28 Re-ref. Education Administration
  • 2021-04-29 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-04 H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
  • 2021-05-04 H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 5/4/21
  • 2021-05-04 Senate refused to concur in amendment amendment-failure
  • 2021-05-04 Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 23, PNV 1 passage
  • 2021-05-04 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0332) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-05-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0441) amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-05-04 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-05-04 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  • 2021-05-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-05 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 69, Nays 20, PNV 0
  • 2021-05-05 Conference Committee report adopted, 25 ayes, 7 nays, PNV 1
  • 2021-05-05 Conf. comm. appointed Reps. Ragan, Cepicky, White, and Hakeem.
  • 2021-05-05 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 5/5/21
  • 2021-05-05 Conference Committee appointed. (Roberts, Kelsey, Bell, Gilmore, Johnson)
  • 2021-05-05 Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
  • 2021-05-05 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/5/2021
  • 2021-05-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-12 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-05-13 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-05-17 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-05-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-06-01 Effective date(s) 05/25/2021
  • 2021-06-01 Pub. Ch. 493
  • 2021-06-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 493

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/355c7c76-0b46-485b-8c1d-9613457591f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).