republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to advise an employee who is assaulted by a student of the employee's rights as a result of the assault; requires, instead of authorizes, the suspension of a student who commits an assault against an employee of the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled from attendance at school and from attendance at all school-sponsored events for at least one calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to advise an employee who is assaulted by a student of the employee's rights as a result of the assault; requires, instead of authorizes, the suspension of a student who commits an assault against an employee of the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled from attendance at school and from attendance at all school-sponsored events for at least one calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2472"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2472 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54067ac9-0804-4058-9173-6b61206edd5e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2472&GA=113"
source_hash: "9ba578aaa42190b41d28b0c2f1c6064d23423ff1ffb6dd4551a8597657c2f987"
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 HB 2472 (113) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to advise an employee who is assaulted by a student of the employee's rights as a result of the assault; requires, instead of authorizes, the suspension of a student who commits an assault against an employee of the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled from attendance at school and from attendance at all school-sponsored events for at least one calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0716** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0716.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0773** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0773.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2472.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024 3/28/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (2) — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/5/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Raper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2024
- **2024-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0773)
- **2024-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 14, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0716) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-11** Reset on Next Available Message cal.
- **2024-04-15** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 81, Nays 15 PNV 0 HB2472
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 915

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54067ac9-0804-4058-9173-6b61206edd5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).