# Tennessee HB 1253: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to public schools. Tennessee HB 1253, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to public schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-28 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1253-2025-2026 - 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 1253 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to public schools. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-04-28, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (143 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - School workers get new parental leave rules: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee school boards and public charter governing bodies must adopt paid parental leave policies. Eligible employees must use their existing six work weeks of paid leave within 12 months of the qualifying event. Qualifying events are their child's birth or stillbirth, or… - School funding threshold rises from 20 to 30: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law raises a Tennessee public-school funding threshold from 20 to 30. The supplied text does not identify what the number measures. It does not establish whether schools receive more or less money. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/7/2025 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-03-24 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-24 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2025 | pass | 87 | 2 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-04-28: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 - 2025-04-28: Pub. Ch. 296 - 2025-04-24: Signed by Governor. - 2025-04-16: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2025-04-14: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2025-04-08: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2025-04-07: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0277) (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2025-03-24: Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 7 (House) - 2025-03-24: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0102) (House) - 2025-03-20: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025 (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025 (House) - 2025-03-18: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025 (House) - 2025-03-11: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025 (House) - 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025 (House) - 2025-03-04: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House) - 2025-02-26: Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/4/2025 (House) - 2025-02-12: Assigned to s/c Education Administration 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 - HA0102 (Substitute), 2025-03-24: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0102.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0296.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1253.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1253.pdf) - SA0277: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0277.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 - [HA0102 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0102.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0296.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1253.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1253.pdf) - [SA0277 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0277.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-HB1253-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).