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TN HB 1856

died on adjournment

School Transportation - As enacted, authorizes a school bus that is used exclusively to transport students from school to an after-school program to be used until the bus reaches the 20th year from the in-service date of the bus, or until the bus accumulates 300,000 miles of recorded travel, whichever occurs later; requires the owner of a bus that reaches the later of 20 years of service or 300,000 miles of recorded travel to, at the conclusion of the school year, discontinue use of, or replace, the bus; requires certain notice to, and inspections by, the commissioner for certain buses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Introduced
2026-01-22
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-04-06 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 656
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ruddprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-21

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-22

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2026-02-02

    Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-02

    P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-25

    Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/3/2026

  6. 2026-02-25

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  7. 2026-03-03

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-03-04

    Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/10/2026

  9. 2026-03-10

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-03-11

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026

  11. 2026-03-12

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026

  12. 2026-03-16

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  13. 2026-03-16

    Comp. SB subst.

  14. 2026-04-06

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 656

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (3)

    2026-03-03 · pass · 9-0

  • HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-03-10 · pass · 20-0

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (1)

    2026-03-16 · fail · 0-0

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Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1856&ga=114

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