republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1644.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.	Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1644	Tennessee HB 1644 (113)	bill	Education	enacted	Lamberth	3	26	9	2024-01-09	2024-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/791b7ca8-dbf6-4f35-95cf-ead985af0a26	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1644&GA=113	6a07d382bbbcf2e599e99926cb527e6fb4e21d4cd913e524e1db40ace5b2b8c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1644 (113) — Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0514 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0526 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2024 Passed — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2024 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/26/2024 Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 1/23/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 1/23/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 1/23/2024 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024 2/1/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024 2/1/2024 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/31/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-10 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 1/23/2024
• 2024-01-23 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 1/31/2024
• 2024-01-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2024
• 2024-01-31 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-01-31 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-02-08 Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-02-08 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-08 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0514) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-02-26 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0526)
• 2024-02-26 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-03-19 Effective date(s) 03/12/2024
• 2024-03-19 Pub. Ch. 563

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/791b7ca8-dbf6-4f35-95cf-ead985af0a26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).