# Tennessee HB 1544: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting for the education freedom scholarship program.

Tennessee HB 1544, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting for the education freedom scholarship program., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-03-17 (Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1544
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting for the education freedom scholarship program.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-03-17, Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: School Vouchers
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (4 yes, 4 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: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-17 | House | HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE | fail | 4 | 4 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-03-17: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee (House)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-03: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/10/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-19: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-02-17: Sponsor(s) withdrawn. (House)
- 2026-02-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-01-20: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-01-15: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-15: P2C, ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2026-01-14: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-13: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1544.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1544.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1544.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1544.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026)
- [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026)
- [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)
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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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1544-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).