# Tennessee HB 2532: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.

Tennessee HB 2532, 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 signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 05/07/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 2532
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-03
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 18 (626 yes, 556 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More K-12 scholarships, new priorities: benefit, medium. The law makes up to 35,000 Education Freedom Scholarships for 2026–2027, if money is appropriated. Starting in 2027–2028, awards go first to last‑year recipients, then to families at or below 100% of the FRL level, then up to 300%. Next are higher‑income students who are in public school or applyin…
- Extra state aid when schools lose students: mixed, medium. For 2026–2027, if an LEA’s current TISA is below 2025–2026 and it lost students, the state pays the full gap. For 2027–2028 and 2028–2029, the state pays last year’s average per‑pupil state amount times the number of last‑year disenrolled students who gave an SSN, capped by the gap. To receive thes…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/16/2026 | pass | 18 | 14 |   |
| 2026-04-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 5 4/16/2026 | pass | 63 | 28 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 5 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 64 | 24 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 8 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 80 | 11 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO DEFER AMENDMENT # 8 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | fail | 19 | 73 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 7 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 57 | 30 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO DEFER AMENDMENT # 7 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | fail | 25 | 66 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY BAUM PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 49 | 40 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO DEFER AMENDMENT # 6 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | fail | 12 | 80 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 10 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | fail | 21 | 72 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 9 BY WILLIAMS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 65 | 19 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 52 | 43 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 6 BY BARRETT PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 58 | 31 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 10 |   |
| 2026-04-01 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 3 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 9 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 3 |   |

## Bill text

- HA1065 (Substitute), 2026-04-13: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1065.pdf)
- HA1066, 2026-04-13: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1066.pdf)
- HA1122, 2026-04-13: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1122.pdf)
- HA1123, 2026-04-13: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1123.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0963.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2247.pdf)
- HA0713: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0713.pdf)
- HA1111: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1111.pdf)
- HA1119: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1119.pdf)
- HA1120: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1120.pdf)
- HA1121: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1121.pdf)
- HA1128: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1128.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2532.pdf)
- SA0671: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0671.pdf)
- SA1036: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1036.pdf)
- SA1037: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1037.pdf)
- SA1041: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1041.pdf)
- SA1054: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1054.pdf)

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- HB 2533: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 49, Chapte… (signed)
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## Sources
- [HA1065 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1065.pdf)
- [HA1066 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1066.pdf)
- [HA1122 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1122.pdf)
- [HA1123 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1123.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0963.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2247.pdf)
- [HA0713 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0713.pdf)
- [HA1111 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1111.pdf)
- [HA1119 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1119.pdf)
- [HA1120 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1120.pdf)
- [HA1121 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1121.pdf)
- [HA1128 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1128.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2532.pdf)
- [SA0671 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0671.pdf)
- [SA1036 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1036.pdf)
- [SA1037 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1037.pdf)
- [SA1041 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1041.pdf)
- [SA1054 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1054.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2509: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 13; Title…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2509-2025-2026)
- [HB 2502: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2502-2025-2026)
- [HB 2533: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2533-2025-2026)
- [HB 2541: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2541-2025-2026)
- [HB 2542: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-7-303, relative to suitabl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2542-2025-2026)
- [HB 2503: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2503-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2532-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).