republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2381.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students - As enacted, revises and updates law regarding school attendance and truancy and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 40."
description: "Students - As enacted, revises and updates law regarding school attendance and truancy and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2381"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2381 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/787bc6e9-88b0-4b3f-92f6-503184813de2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2381&GA=110"
source_hash: "a37dc139264bf69b5c74af5bc03ec88983512409392851a91716188f9607e08e"
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 SB 2381 (110) — Students - As enacted, revises and updates law regarding school attendance and truancy and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 40.

## 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/SB2381.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hicks — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `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
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0954) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0885)
- **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 91, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2376
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment #2
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 958
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/787bc6e9-88b0-4b3f-92f6-503184813de2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).