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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49."
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description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "SB 2473"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2473 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Powers", "Yager"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-02-05"
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last_action: "2020-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/084fd75b-8b5e-4c55-b323-c571493cc29c"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2473&GA=111"
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source_hash: "c5f5221214e9a0d2bb725f9992f50571c5a7f9aff1594809087f98fea09e5521"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 2473 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2473.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Powers — primary (person)
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- Yager — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2020-02-06** P1C.
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- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
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- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2020
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/5/2020
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- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2020
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- **2020-03-04** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2020
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- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020
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- **2020-03-11** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2020
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- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
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- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 5/28/2020
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- **2020-05-28** Action def. in Education Committee to 6/4/2020
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- **2020-06-01** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 6/3/2020
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- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
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- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/8/2020
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- **2020-06-08** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2020-06-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2020-06-08** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2020-06-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 743
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- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
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- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/084fd75b-8b5e-4c55-b323-c571493cc29c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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