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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to notify parents or guardians of a student at least 10 days before the student's individualized education program (IEP) meeting; requires LEAs to provide a copy of all evaluations and assessments of a student conducted for purposes of the student's IEP and, if created, a copy of a student's draft IEP, unless previously declined, to the student's parent or guardian at least 48 hours prior to a scheduled IEP team meeting. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to notify parents or guardians of a student at least 10 days before the student's individualized education program (IEP) meeting; requires LEAs to provide a copy of all evaluations and assessments of a student conducted for purposes of the student's IEP and, if created, a copy of a student's draft IEP, unless previously declined, to the student's parent or guardian at least 48 hours prior to a scheduled IEP team meeting. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 861"
citation: "Tennessee HB 861 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc3faff8-f20e-410c-a91c-dcc0dd2edd00"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0861&ga=114"
source_hash: "7d440f62058c5b6a2a3a7cdcd87594bcb7bb1caea3e8bf9f0a0e3626d11f5b0f"
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 861 (114) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to notify parents or guardians of a student at least 10 days before the student's individualized education program (IEP) meeting; requires LEAs to provide a copy of all evaluations and assessments of a student conducted for purposes of the student's IEP and, if created, a copy of a student's draft IEP, unless previously declined, to the student's parent or guardian at least 48 hours prior to a scheduled IEP team meeting. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0058** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0058.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0168.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0861.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025 3/20/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (4) — **60** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **921** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- McCalmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-04** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0168)
- **2025-03-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0058) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 199
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc3faff8-f20e-410c-a91c-dcc0dd2edd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).