republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1888.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, authorizes the comptroller of the treasury to audit financial transactions of a charter management organization (CMO); requires all CMOs operating a charter school in this state to file an annual financial report with the comptroller of the treasury no later than August 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, authorizes the comptroller of the treasury to audit financial transactions of a charter management organization (CMO); requires all CMOs operating a charter school in this state to file an annual financial report with the comptroller of the treasury no later than August 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1888"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1888 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools", "Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Lollar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c36e1786-638e-482e-a48e-0032f5cfd5ee"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1888&GA=110"
source_hash: "ddfd5b3fa7a09e2861253610f3d75425e1eff5992e6c34f535b39671313bf3ce"
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 1888 (110) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, authorizes the comptroller of the treasury to audit financial transactions of a charter management organization (CMO); requires all CMOs operating a charter school in this state to file an annual financial report with the comptroller of the treasury no later than August 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1888.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 3/14/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **91–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018 3/22/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Lollar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0914) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0891)
- **2018-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 768
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/19/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 768

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c36e1786-638e-482e-a48e-0032f5cfd5ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).