Bill Commons

TN SB 827

enacted

Schools, Private - As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with certain class size, school calendar, vaccination, and assessment requirements in order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

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Did TN SB 827 pass?

Yes. TN SB 827 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Pub. Ch. 380

What is TN SB 827 about?

TN SB 827 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Schools, Private - As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with certain class size, school calendar, vaccination, and assessment requirements in order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school. - Amends TCA Title 49.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 827?

Hensley is the primary sponsor of TN SB 827.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Pub. Ch. 380
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hensleyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Pub. Ch. 380

  2. 2025-05-13

    Effective date(s) 05/05/2025, 07/01/2025

  3. 2025-05-05

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-23

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-22

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

    enrolled

  6. 2025-04-22

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  7. 2025-04-22

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  8. 2025-04-16

    Subst. for comp. HB.

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-16

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0308)

    amendment-withdrawal

  10. 2025-04-16

    Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 14, PNV 2

    passage

  11. 2025-03-24

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

  12. 2025-03-20

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0131)

  13. 2025-03-20

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5

    passage

  14. 2025-03-20

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  15. 2025-03-20

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  16. 2025-03-18

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2025

  17. 2025-03-12

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0

  18. 2025-03-05

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

  19. 2025-02-12

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-02-10

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  21. 2025-02-04

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/12/2025 Passed

    2025-03-12 · pass · 7-1

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/20/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-03-20 · pass · 26-5

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-16 · pass · 75-14

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Hulsey: not voting
    • Pearson: not voting

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