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type: "Bill"
title: "School Transportation - As enacted, increases, from four years to six years, the maximum period of time that a contractual agreement between a director of schools and a school transportation employee and between a board of education and a person owning equipment for transportation services is authorized. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21."
description: "School Transportation - As enacted, increases, from four years to six years, the maximum period of time that a contractual agreement between a director of schools and a school transportation employee and between a board of education and a person owning equipment for transportation services is authorized. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Tennessee HB 497 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c56ff2-ba3e-4d42-b201-12b0295accb2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0497&GA=112"
source_hash: "c446022d7aa2d1a15b34035f020abe4ce231715fe51885c128e6d31b02113035"
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 497 (112) — School Transportation - As enacted, increases, from four years to six years, the maximum period of time that a contractual agreement between a director of schools and a school transportation employee and between a board of education and a person owning equipment for transportation services is authorized. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0497.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/8/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (2) — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rudd — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 04/13/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 146
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29c56ff2-ba3e-4d42-b201-12b0295accb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).