republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, reduces, from no less than four to no more than four, the number of high school students who may serve on a local board of education as advisory, nonvoting members; deletes the requirement that half of the high school students selected to serve on the board must be enrolled in the college preparatory track and half must be enrolled in the technology track. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, reduces, from no less than four to no more than four, the number of high school students who may serve on a local board of education as advisory, nonvoting members; deletes the requirement that half of the high school students selected to serve on the board must be enrolled in the college preparatory track and half must be enrolled in the technology track. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Tennessee HB 196 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3a2e9ab-00f9-405c-b9b0-2322777373d7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0196&GA=111"
source_hash: "53291dabfd44a06430a10dd10ccfc0352d8d4e10fe14c32bee7fe9f83dfbafd9"
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 196 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, reduces, from no less than four to no more than four, the number of high school students who may serve on a local board of education as advisory, nonvoting members; deletes the requirement that half of the high school students selected to serve on the board must be enrolled in the college preparatory track and half must be enrolled in the technology track. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.

## 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/111/Bill/HB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 2/26/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Education for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 192
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3a2e9ab-00f9-405c-b9b0-2322777373d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).