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TN SB 614

died on adjournment

Education - As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA, the local government, in the following fiscal year, to appropriate and allocate the unfunded portion to the LEA; specifies that the maintenance of local funding effort required for a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the local government failed to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA must be determined based on the amount budgeted to the LEA for the previous fiscal year instead of the amount actually appropriated or allocated to the LEA by the local government. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

Quick answers

Did TN SB 614 pass?

No. TN SB 614 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 (2025-04-15): Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

What is TN SB 614 about?

TN SB 614 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Education - As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA, the local government, in the following fiscal year, to appropriate and allocate the unfunded portion to the LEA; specifies that the maintenance of local funding effort required for a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the local government failed to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA must be determined based on the amount budgeted to the LEA for the previous fiscal year instead of the amount actually appropriated or allocated to the LEA by the local government. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 614?

Hensley is the primary sponsor of TN SB 614.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-04-15 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hensleyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-31

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-10

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-12

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-05

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025

  5. 2025-03-12

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  6. 2025-03-12

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025

  7. 2025-03-19

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  8. 2025-03-19

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  9. 2025-03-26

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  10. 2025-04-01

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  11. 2025-04-08

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  12. 2025-04-11

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  13. 2025-04-14

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-14

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 5, PNV 2

    passage

  15. 2025-04-14

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0280)

  16. 2025-04-15

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed

    2025-03-26 · pass · 9-0

  • SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-04-08 · pass · 9-1

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-14 · pass · 23-5

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Kyle: not voting
    • Southerland: not voting

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Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0614&ga=114

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