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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31."
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description: "Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "HB 1591"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1591 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "White"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-02-11"
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last_action: "2021-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f826ffd-99b5-4fde-8e57-c7d77556665a"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1591&GA=112"
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source_hash: "d7c9723ab4a3888eb517bf76d21a597091a39594af75598b1bc85d4c12e3245d"
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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 HB 1591 (112) — Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31.
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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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1591.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 4/6/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kelsey — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** P1C.
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- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
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- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
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- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
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- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to General Sub
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- **2021-04-05** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
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- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
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- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
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- **2021-04-07** Sponsor change.
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- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
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- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/26/2021
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- **2021-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2021-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 367
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- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/11/2021; 07/01/2022
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- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 367
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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/0f826ffd-99b5-4fde-8e57-c7d77556665a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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