Tennessee House Bill 559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Passed on April 25 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-25 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 171
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, expands student eligibility for an education savings account (ESA) to include students who were not enrolled, and who did not attend, a Tennessee public school for the one full school year immediately preceding the school year for which the student receives an ESA, but who were enrolled in, and who attended, a Tennessee public school in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school year, and to include students who are not eligible, for the first time, to enroll in a Tennessee school, but who were eligible, for the first time, to enroll in a Tennessee school in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to education savings accounts.

Rep. Chris Todd [R]	Rep. Gino Bulso [R]	Rep. Jay Reedy [R]	Rep. William Slater [R]
Rep. Debra Moody [R]	Rep. Elaine Davis [R]	Rep. Dennis Powers [R]	Rep. Monty Fritts [R]
Rep. Scott Cepicky [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-25		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 171
2023-03-30	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-30	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-03-24	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-23	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
2023-03-22	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
2023-03-15	House	Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-03-08	House	Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/15/2023
2023-03-07	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-07	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
2023-03-06	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-01	House	Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
2023-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Education Administration
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-25	House	Filed for introduction

SB0638 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-25 - Effective date(s) 04/17/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0559&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0559.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0171.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0559.pdf