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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to remove a student from the regular school program without assigning the student to an alternative school or alternative program if the student was suspended or expelled for certain offenses that may threaten the safety of persons attending or assigned to the regular school program and the alternative school or alternative program is located on the same grounds as the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to remove a student from the regular school program without assigning the student to an alternative school or alternative program if the student was suspended or expelled for certain offenses that may threaten the safety of persons attending or assigned to the regular school program and the alternative school or alternative program is located on the same grounds as the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1223"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1223 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leatherwood", "Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07b4ffca-49da-4787-a2dd-fd71277b65b9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1223&GA=112"
source_hash: "c747bb35d57d07bc043b325576c61defc603be3a4a8716d322350c6627702ecd"
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 1223 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to remove a student from the regular school program without assigning the student to an alternative school or alternative program if the student was suspended or expelled for certain offenses that may threaten the safety of persons attending or assigned to the regular school program and the alternative school or alternative program is located on the same grounds as the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
## 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/SB1223.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/7/2021 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/31/2021 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Leatherwood — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **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
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 229
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/22/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 229
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07b4ffca-49da-4787-a2dd-fd71277b65b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).