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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires a student to be considered in violation of a zero tolerance offense and be expelled for not less than one calendar year, except that a director of schools may modify such expulsion on a case-by-case basis, for threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires a student to be considered in violation of a zero tolerance offense and be expelled for not less than one calendar year, except that a director of schools may modify such expulsion on a case-by-case basis, for threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 340"
citation: "Tennessee HB 340 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822ca6f0-7dff-486b-92f9-2965ecf354eb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0340&GA=113"
source_hash: "9f22247a934bd42b95269b22fe53c09fbfe89bfb1615626506ccd2a1f7d46a2d"
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 340 (113) — Education - As enacted, requires a student to be considered in violation of a zero tolerance offense and be expelled for not less than one calendar year, except that a director of schools may modify such expulsion on a case-by-case basis, for threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0075.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0380** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0380.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0340.pdf)
## Votes
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/21/2023 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **7916** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/21/2023 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cepicky — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/1/2023
- **2023-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0075) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0380)
- **2023-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 299
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/822ca6f0-7dff-486b-92f9-2965ecf354eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).