republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1261.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in administering the individualized education account program, to develop and implement a process for notifying all parents of their children's potential eligibility for an individualized education account, instead of only ensuring lower-income families are so notified; requires the department to report whether the process increased student participation in the program to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives by January 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in administering the individualized education account program, to develop and implement a process for notifying all parents of their children's potential eligibility for an individualized education account, instead of only ensuring lower-income families are so notified; requires the department to report whether the process increased student participation in the program to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives by January 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1261 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca21bf1-e367-479b-922c-fe323bc6367d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1261&GA=113"
source_hash: "9b016773e8320e004db976630f7a7e3df06f156f7a5ea82f2f27e6e4f8f73a55"
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 1261 (113) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in administering the individualized education account program, to develop and implement a process for notifying all parents of their children's potential eligibility for an individualized education account, instead of only ensuring lower-income families are so notified; requires the department to report whether the process increased student participation in the program to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives by January 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0315** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0315.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0304.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1261.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023 3/30/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **87–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-02-15** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0315) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0304)
- **2023-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 321

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca21bf1-e367-479b-922c-fe323bc6367d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).