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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 872"
citation: "Tennessee HB 872 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Tate"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13d496b-9512-47f1-827a-1f9059443129"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0872&GA=110"
source_hash: "f200988f4100dc9fc237bd4b71e0c934131e4d7afe72e07b086526b4fe23a6b0"
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 872 (110) — Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
## 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/HB0872.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017 4/6/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/14/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **90–4** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Akbari — primary (person)
- Tate — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committe to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0247) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0347)
- **2017-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 204
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/27/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 204
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13d496b-9512-47f1-827a-1f9059443129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).