# Tennessee HB 0902: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.

Tennessee HB 0902, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-27 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1058) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0902
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2026-05-27, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1058
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 18
- Subjects: Education, Curriculum
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (59 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin J. Pearson (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 26 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 1 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2026-05-27: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1058
- 2026-04-22: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Comp. SB subst. (House)
- 2026-04-21: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-04-20: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-20: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-20: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-04-20: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-20: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-04-16: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/20/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-04-08: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-02-10: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-02-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-02-04: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/10/2026 (House)
- 2026-01-20: Action def. in Education Committee to 2/3/2026 (House)
- 2026-01-14: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 1/20/2026 (House)
- 2025-04-02: Action def. in Education Committee to First Calendar of 2026 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-25: Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-18: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to 3/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-06: P2C, ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-02-05: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1058.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0821.pdf)
- HA0552: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0552.pdf)
- HA1232: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1232.pdf)
- HA1233: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1233.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0902.pdf)
- SA0963: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0963.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1058.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0821.pdf)
- [HA0552 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0552.pdf)
- [HA1232 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1232.pdf)
- [HA1233 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1233.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0902.pdf)
- [SA0963 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0963.pdf)

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- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0902-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).