republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2251.md

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Bill	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2251	Tennessee HB 2251 (113)	bill	Local Education Agencies	enacted	Cepicky	3	34	6	2024-01-29	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/6d44486a-cf77-436d-a8d8-0d2aa1f2f507	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2251&GA=113	78602cc07d28d5a9a2d2042a39820ec171bc5e586164450c582f23c79c7a6ffa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2251 (113) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0594 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0633 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 2/28/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/20/2024 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Cepicky — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-01 P2C, ref. to Education Administration- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-14 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-14 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-15 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/28/2024
• 2024-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-26 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/4/2024
• 2024-02-28 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-28 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-04 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
• 2024-03-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0594) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-14 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-03-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0633)
• 2024-03-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-03-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-03-15 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-03-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-19 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-03-20 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-04-03 Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2024
• 2024-04-03 Pub. Ch. 625

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d44486a-cf77-436d-a8d8-0d2aa1f2f507. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).