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TN SB 2403

enacted

Education - As 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.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

Quick answers

Did TN SB 2403 pass?

Yes. TN SB 2403 has been enacted into law as of 2026-05-27. Latest recorded action (2026-05-27): Pub. Ch. 1132

What is TN SB 2403 about?

TN SB 2403 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Education - As 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.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 2403?

White is the primary sponsor of TN SB 2403.

Introduced
2026-02-02
Latest action
2026-05-27 — Pub. Ch. 1132
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Whiteprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-02

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-02

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  3. 2026-02-05

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-18

    Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/25/2026

  5. 2026-02-25

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Education Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0

  6. 2026-03-05

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026

  7. 2026-03-11

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  8. 2026-03-20

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026

  9. 2026-03-23

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  10. 2026-03-23

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  11. 2026-03-23

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3

    passage

  12. 2026-03-23

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0528)

  13. 2026-03-23

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0686)

  14. 2026-03-26

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

  15. 2026-04-21

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 54, Nays 31, PNV 3

    passage

  16. 2026-04-21

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1156)

    amendment-passage

  17. 2026-04-21

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1153)

    amendment-passage

  18. 2026-04-21

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1018)

    amendment-withdrawal

  19. 2026-04-21

    Subst. for comp. HB.

    substitution

  20. 2026-04-22

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2026

  21. 2026-04-23

    Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 68, Nays 18 PNV 3

  22. 2026-04-23

    Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 23, Nays 4

  23. 2026-04-23

    Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Cepicky, White, Carringer, McKenzie)

  24. 2026-04-23

    H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026

  25. 2026-04-23

    Conference Committee appointed (White, Powers, Oliver)

  26. 2026-04-23

    Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.

  27. 2026-04-23

    H. refused to recede from adopting H am. no. 2 & 3

  28. 2026-04-23

    Senate refused to concur in amendment

    amendment-failure

  29. 2026-04-23

    Senate refused to concur in amendment

    amendment-failure

  30. 2026-05-05

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

    enrolled

  31. 2026-05-06

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  32. 2026-05-07

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  33. 2026-05-11

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

    executive-receipt

  34. 2026-05-22

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  35. 2026-05-27

    Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026

  36. 2026-05-27

    Pub. Ch. 1132

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Education Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 2/25/2026 Passed

    2026-02-25 · pass · 6-2

  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/11/2026 Passed (3)

    2026-03-11 · pass · 9-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/23/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-03-23 · pass · 27-3

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-04-21 · pass · 54-31

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Capley: not voting
    • Doggett: not voting
    • Vaughan: not voting
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY BULSO PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed

    2026-04-21 · pass · 47-37

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Travis: not voting
  • FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-04-23 · pass · 68-18

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Darby: not voting
    • Hicks G: not voting
    • Barrett: not voting
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-04-23 · pass · 23-4

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