republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-944.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10."
description: "Education - As enacted, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 944"
citation: "Tennessee HB 944 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d034a61-89c0-410c-9eb4-d576eb7e3d6f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0944&GA=111"
source_hash: "5a25cd9ea44209936515c8766aa8e667ea8373ac84fd1445de65d4f096501b46"
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 944 (111) — Education - As enacted, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0369.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0370.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0944.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 3/12/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action def. in Education to 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Reref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0369) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0370)
- **2019-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 330
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 330

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d034a61-89c0-410c-9eb4-d576eb7e3d6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).