republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1688.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education - As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1688	Tennessee SB 1688 (113)	bill	Education	enacted	Lowe	3	22	3	2024-01-09	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/bb630059-9074-47d3-9837-cd09db5c0c14	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1688&GA=113	74b7e239a622d10a73136d99092102fa8496062b70cca949eb3ec9b1180bbfe1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1688 (113) — Education - As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0946 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0559 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — 84–8 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2024 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2024 Passed — 26–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lowe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee passage
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2024
• 2024-02-21 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2024-02-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/29/2024
• 2024-02-29 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/7/2024
• 2024-03-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2024
• 2024-03-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-03-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2, PNV 2 passage
• 2024-03-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0559)
• 2024-03-11 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-16 Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 8, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-16 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0946) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-16 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-17 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-19 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-09 Effective date(s) 05/01/2024, 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-09 Pub. Ch. 829

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb630059-9074-47d3-9837-cd09db5c0c14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).