AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, relative to education.
State of TennesseeTennesseeAs enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of education a list of all local assessments administered to students, requiring the department to publish the percentage of students who attain proficiency for the English language arts portion of the TCAP, and establishing the assessment review board to annually review the TCAP tests administered to students in the most recent school year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49.
- Status
- Passed
- Signed or otherwise enacted
- Status date
- May 27, 2026
- 169 days ago
- Current chamber
- Senate
- Session
- 2025-2026 Regular Session
TN SB 2403 · PassedMay 27
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Bill details
- Last action
- Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026 · May 27, 2026
Sponsors
DWDawn WhiteSenator · Republican · SD-013Primary sponsorPrimary sponsor
MPMark PodySenator · Republican · SD-017
Bill history
Newest first.
May 27, 2026Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026
May 27, 2026Pub. Ch. 1132
May 22, 2026Signed by Governor.Senate
May 11, 2026Transmitted to Governor for action.Senate
May 7, 2026Signed by H. SpeakerHouse
May 6, 2026Signed by Senate SpeakerSenate
May 5, 2026Enrolled and ready for signaturesSenate
Apr 23, 2026Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 68, Nays 18 PNV 3House
Show 28 earlier actions
Apr 23, 2026Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 23, Nays 4Senate
Apr 23, 2026Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Cepicky, White, Carringer, McKenzie)House
Apr 23, 2026H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026House
Apr 23, 2026Conference Committee appointed (White, Powers, Oliver)Senate
Apr 23, 2026Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.Senate
Apr 23, 2026H. refused to recede from adopting H am. no. 2 & 3House
Apr 23, 2026Senate refused to concur in amendmentSenate
Apr 23, 2026Senate refused to concur in amendmentSenate
Apr 22, 2026Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2026Senate
Apr 21, 2026Passed H., as am., Ayes 54, Nays 31, PNV 3House
Apr 21, 2026H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1156)House
Apr 21, 2026H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1153)House
Apr 21, 2026Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1018)House
Apr 21, 2026Subst. for comp. HB.House
Mar 26, 2026Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.House
Mar 23, 2026Engrossed; ready for transmission to HouseSenate
Mar 23, 2026Sponsor(s) Added.Senate
Mar 23, 2026Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3Senate
Mar 23, 2026Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0528)Senate
Mar 23, 2026Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0686)Senate
Mar 20, 2026Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026Senate
Mar 11, 2026Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0Senate
Mar 5, 2026Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026Senate
Feb 25, 2026Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Education Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0Senate
Feb 18, 2026Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/25/2026Senate
Feb 5, 2026Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations CommitteeSenate
Feb 2, 2026Introduced, Passed on First ConsiderationSenate
Feb 2, 2026Filed for introductionSenate
Recorded votes
SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Education Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0Feb 25, 2026 · Senate · 6 yea · 2 nayPassedPassed
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0Mar 11, 2026 · Senate · 9 yea · 0 nayPassedPassed
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third ConsiderationMar 23, 2026 · Senate · 27 yea · 3 nayPassedPassed
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATIONApr 21, 2026 · House · 54 yea · 31 nayPassedPassed
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY BULSO PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATIONApr 21, 2026 · House · 47 yea · 37 nayPassedPassed
FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTApr 23, 2026 · House · 68 yea · 18 nayPassedPassed
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee ReportApr 23, 2026 · Senate · 23 yea · 4 nayPassedPassed
Subjects
- Education
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