# Tennessee HB 0932: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools.

Tennessee HB 0932, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-04 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0932
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-04-04, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 41
- Subjects: Students
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (222 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Tennessee students face classroom device limits: mixed, low. Effective July 1, 2025, Tennessee public school boards and charter school governing bodies must adopt and enforce classroom device policies. The rules apply starting with the 2025–2026 school year and continue each year afterward. Policies must ban student use during instructional time, covering wi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Burkhart
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ronnie Glynn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Hale (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: T.J. Hardaway (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Caleb Hemmer (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Gary Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jay D. Reedy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Travis
- Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White
- Cosponsor: Ryan Williams (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/13/2025 | pass | 90 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-03 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-03 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/3/2025 | pass | 80 | 10 |   |
| 2025-02-25 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2025-04-04: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- 2025-04-04: Pub. Ch. 103
- 2025-03-28: Signed by Governor.
- 2025-03-20: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House)
- 2025-03-19: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-13: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House)
- 2025-03-13: H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 90, Nays 0 PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-03-10: H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/13/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-06: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0025) (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 10, PNV 1 (House)
- 2025-03-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-03: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0012) (House)
- 2025-02-27: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-27: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-02-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-19: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-02-12: Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-10: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-07: Sponsor(s) Added. (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

- HA0012, 2025-03-03: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0012.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0103.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0932.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0932.pdf)
- SA0025: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0025.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0012 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0012.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0103.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0932.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0932.pdf)
- [SA0025 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0025.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0932-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).