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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 788"
citation: "Tennessee SB 788 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "White"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d90cb59e-c7bd-4c0a-a007-dcf58feaf10c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0788&GA=112"
source_hash: "c95d42b656bab6ae5e164baecaea834f0d0afc78099950c0d47a4dd82e1ffa76"
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 SB 788 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0408.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0788.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed — **895** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — **81** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **242** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021 4/15/2021 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed — **272** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lundberg — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/21
- **2021-04-21** Reset on cal. for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 5, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0408) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 2, PNV 2 (Amendment 1 - HA0408) `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 479
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 479
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d90cb59e-c7bd-4c0a-a007-dcf58feaf10c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).