Bill Commons

TN HB 1197

died on adjournment

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, makes various changes to the approval process and notice requirements for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses; clarifies that public charter schools are authorized to provide nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses in the same manner as local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did TN HB 1197 pass?

No. TN HB 1197 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 (2025-05-13): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 314

What is TN HB 1197 about?

TN HB 1197 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Education, Curriculum - As enacted, makes various changes to the approval process and notice requirements for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses; clarifies that public charter schools are authorized to provide nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses in the same manner as local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 1197?

Kumar is the primary sponsor of TN HB 1197.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 314
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kumarprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 314

  2. 2025-04-15

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  3. 2025-04-15

    Comp. SB subst.

  4. 2025-04-10

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  5. 2025-04-09

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025

  6. 2025-04-08

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  7. 2025-04-03

    Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/10/2025

  8. 2025-04-02

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025

  9. 2025-04-01

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-26

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025

  11. 2025-03-25

    Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025

  12. 2025-03-19

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025

  13. 2025-03-18

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/25/2025

  14. 2025-03-12

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025

  15. 2025-03-11

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025

  16. 2025-03-05

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025

  17. 2025-03-04

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-02-26

    Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/4/2025

  19. 2025-02-12

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-02-12

    Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-02-10

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  22. 2025-02-06

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (3)

    2025-03-04 · pass · 5-0

  • HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-04-01 · pass · 18-0

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (1)

    2025-04-14 · fail · 0-0

Related bills

Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1197&ga=114

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=HB 1197. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.