# Tennessee HB 1162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public charter schools. Tennessee HB 1162, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public charter schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/21/2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1162-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 1162 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public charter schools. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/21/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Schools, Charter - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (129 yes, 26 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More students get charter admission preference: benefit, medium. Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, the law expands which students qualify for a public charter school admission preference. Students qualify if they live in the school's district and attended another public school the previous school year. At county-authorized charter schools, county residen… - Charter schools gain space with limits: mixed, low. Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year and continuing thereafter, commissioner-authorized charter schools must operate in the district that denied their initial application, except for the new facility-use allowance. County-authorized charter schools needing more space can lease available facilit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-21 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 | pass | 28 | 4 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 | pass | 74 | 22 | | | 2025-04-14 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2025-03-25 | House | HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-05-27: Effective date(s) 05/21/2025 - 2025-05-27: Pub. Ch. 518 - 2025-05-21: Signed by Governor. - 2025-05-09: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2025-05-08: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2025-04-21: Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 4 (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2025-04-16: Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 22, PNV 0 (House) - 2025-04-16: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0303) (House) - 2025-04-10: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2025-04-09: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025 (House) - 2025-04-02: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-26: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025 (House) - 2025-03-25: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/25/2025 (House) - 2025-03-18: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/25/2025 (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025 (House) - 2025-03-11: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/18/2025 (House) - 2025-03-05: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/11/2025 (House) - 2025-03-04: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/11/2025 (House) - 2025-02-26: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/4/2025 (House) - 2025-02-12: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to Education Committee (House) - 2025-02-10: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0303 (Substitute), 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0303.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0518.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1020.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1162.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed) - HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed) - HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed) - SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed) - SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1988; Chapter 204 of the Private Acts of 1990; and an… (failed) - SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026,… (signed) ## Sources - [HA0303 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0303.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0518.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1020.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1162.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026) - [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026) - [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) - [SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2690-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1162-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).