republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-578.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, provides that no adverse action may be taken against any student, teacher, school, or LEA based, in whole or in part, on student achievement data generated from the 2017-2018 TNReady assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, provides that no adverse action may be taken against any student, teacher, school, or LEA based, in whole or in part, on student achievement data generated from the 2017-2018 TNReady assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "Tennessee SB 578 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Kane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bff0040-b83b-48b6-874c-63183ae5a09c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0578&GA=110"
source_hash: "a68876150446989976c6296030fcdbdfee4cdb7d3652af5f13d3208478fea9f4"
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 578 (110) — Education - As enacted, provides that no adverse action may be taken against any student, teacher, school, or LEA based, in whole or in part, on student achievement data generated from the 2017-2018 TNReady assessments. - 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/SB0578.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Kane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **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** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0976) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0921) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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** Senate Reset on final calendar of 2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-25** Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
- **2018-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 84, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Senate adopted Amendment #2
- **2018-04-25** Amendment #1 withdrawn.
- **2018-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1026
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1026
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bff0040-b83b-48b6-874c-63183ae5a09c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).