republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-788.md

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Bill	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 788	Tennessee SB 788 (112)	bill	Local Education Agencies	enacted	Lundberg White	2	44	7	2021-02-09	2021-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d90cb59e-c7bd-4c0a-a007-dcf58feaf10c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0788&GA=112	c95d42b656bab6ae5e164baecaea834f0d0afc78099950c0d47a4dd82e1ffa76	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 788 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0408 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed — 89–5 (pass) · lower
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 24–2 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021 4/15/2021 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed — 27–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lundberg — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-23 Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal K-12 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 Administration 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 Administration 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
• 2021-04-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
• 2021-04-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
• 2021-04-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-19 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 3 passage
• 2021-04-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/21
• 2021-04-21 Reset on cal. for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 5, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-26 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0408) amendment-passage
• 2021-04-26 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-26 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-27 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/28/2021
• 2021-04-28 Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-04-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-05-03 Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 2, PNV 2 (Amendment 1 - HA0408) passage
• 2021-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-07 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-21 Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
• 2021-05-21 Pub. Ch. 479
• 2021-05-21 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 479

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d90cb59e-c7bd-4c0a-a007-dcf58feaf10c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).