Tennessee House Bill 1655 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-05 - Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a public school to credit a student who participates in a non-school-sponsored extracurricular activity, or who participates in up to 10 days of basic training required by a branch of the United States armed services, as present for attendance purposes; requires, subject to certain exceptions, a principal, or the principal's designee, to excuse a student from school attendance for up to 10 days to pursue an educational advancement opportunity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, requires a public school to credit a student who participates in a non-school-sponsored extracurricular activity, or who participates in up to 10 days of basic training required by a branch of the United States armed services, as present for attendance purposes; requires, subject to certain exceptions, a principal, or the principal's designee, to excuse a student from school attendance for up to 10 days to pursue an educational advancement opportunity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Rep. Andy Holt [R]	Rep. Bruce Griffey [R]	Rep. William Lamberth [R]	Rep. Robin Smith [R]
Rep. David Byrd [R]	Rep. John Windle [D]	Rep. Jerome Moon [R]	Rep. Susan Lynn [R]
Rep. Mark White [R]	Rep. Thomas Tillis [R]	Rep. Bryan Terry [R]

2020-03-02 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-05	Senate	Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2020-03-03	House	Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
2020-03-02	House	Passed H., as am., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0
2020-03-02	House	H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0565)
2020-02-27	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
2020-02-26	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
2020-02-26	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2020-02-19	House	Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/26/2020
2020-02-18	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
2020-02-12	House	Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
2020-01-22	House	Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2020-01-22	House	P2C, ref. to Education
2020-01-16	House	Intro., P1C.
2020-01-15	House	Filed for introduction

SB2352 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-16 - Action deferred in Senate Education Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1655&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1655.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0565.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB1655.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/FM1786.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1655&ga=111