TN HB 552
died on adjournmentEducation - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.
Tennessee · 114S1 · lower
Quick answers
Did TN HB 552 pass?
No. TN HB 552 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-12): Sponsor(s) Added.
What is TN HB 552 about?
TN HB 552 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Education - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.”.
Who sponsors TN HB 552?
Warner is the primary sponsor of TN HB 552.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-03
- Latest action
- 2025-03-12 — Sponsor(s) Added.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Warnerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-29
Filed for introduction
filing
2025-02-03
Intro., P1C.
introduction
2025-02-05
Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
referral-committee
2025-02-05
P2C, ref. to Education Committee
referral-committee
2025-02-06
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2025-02-20
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2025-03-05
Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
2025-03-11
Failed in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
2025-03-12
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
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Votes
HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee 3/11/2025 Failed (1)
2025-03-11 · fail · 1-5
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 494
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