2021-2022 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB1959: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to career and technical opportunities.
Legislative Summary
As enacted, requires, by the 2023-2024 school year, each state college of applied technology to establish partnerships with each LEA that is located in the county in which the main campus of the state college of applied technology is located to provide early postsecondary opportunities for students enrolled in a high school in the LEA; encourages the board of regents to expand the presence of state colleges of applied technology in each county within this state to provide greater early post-secondary opportunities for students enrolled in a high school in an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Bill History
1/25/2022
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
1/26/2022
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
1/27/2022
P2C, ref. to Education Administration
House of Representatives
1/28/2022
Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/2/2022
Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
House of Representatives
2/8/2022
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
House of Representatives
2/9/2022
Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/16/2022
House of Representatives
2/16/2022
Action def. in Education Administration to 2/23/2022
House of Representatives
2/16/2022
Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
House of Representatives
2/23/2022
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
3/2/2022
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/2/2022
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
House of Representatives
3/9/2022
Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
House of Representatives
3/9/2022
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
House of Representatives
3/16/2022
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
3/16/2022
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/22/2022
House of Representatives
3/22/2022
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
3/30/2022
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
House of Representatives
3/31/2022
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
House of Representatives
4/4/2022
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/4/2022
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
4/26/2022
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 884
Amendments
HA0553
Amendment 1-0 to HB1959
2/24/2022Not Adopted
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/26/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 16
Democrat: 3
Primary Sponsor
Dave Wright
Republican
Co-Sponsors (18)
Scott Cepicky
Republican
Justin Lafferty
Republican
Mark White
Republican
Chris Hurt
Republican
Debra Moody
Republican
Terri Lynn Weaver
Republican
Kirk Haston
Republican
Michele Carringer
Republican
Paul Sherrell
Republican
Rebecca Alexander
Republican
Barbara Cooper
Democrat
G.A. Hardaway
Democrat
Patsy Hazlewood
Republican
Rick Eldridge
Republican
Dan Howell
Republican
Esther Helton-Haynes
Republican
Dwayne Thompson
Democrat
Bryan Terry
Republican