Tennessee Senate Bill 7001

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 16 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-08-23 - Lay on the Table
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a policy to direct how students, teachers, substitute teachers, and staff are to respond when a fire alarm is activated on school premises outside of a scheduled fire drill to protect students, teachers, substitute teachers, and staff in the event the fire alarm was activated due to the presence of an active shooter on school premises. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 49 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to safety precautions taken in response to potential active shooter situations.

Sen. Ferrell Haile [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-23	Senate	Lay on the Table
2023-08-22	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-08-21	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 8/23/2023
2023-08-21	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-08-16	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB7002 (Crossfiled) 2023-08-28 - Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7001&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB7001.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB7002.pdf