Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Mar 12, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House Feb 8, 2024
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0514)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2024
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 1/23/2024
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
William Lamberth
RRepublican
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