# Tennessee SB 0346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to fire drills in schools. Tennessee SB 0346, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to fire drills in schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Effective date(s) 05/02/2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0346-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 0346 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to fire drills in schools. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Effective date(s) 05/02/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Fire Prevention and Investigation - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (135 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Institutional drills and school safety records: benefit, low. Tennessee buildings mainly used for institutional purposes must hold full-evacuation fire drills at least once every two months. Schools and institutions must keep records of all fire drills, including each drill's date and time, at their offices. They must provide these records on request to the s… - Schools face drill limits and safety lessons: mixed, low. In Tennessee buildings mainly used for education, full-evacuation fire drills are limited to once every 30 school days. The exception is the first 30 full school days each year, when schools must hold exactly two drills. Schools must also give four fire-safety announcements throughout the school ye… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 | pass | 95 | 0 | | | 2025-03-24 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-05-13: Effective date(s) 05/02/2025 - 2025-05-13: Pub. Ch. 315 - 2025-05-02: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2025-04-21: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2025-04-15: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0169) (House) - 2025-04-15: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2025-03-27: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2025-03-24: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0179) (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0315.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0346.pdf) - HA0169: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0169.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0346.pdf) - SA0179: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0179.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (signed) - SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (signed) - HB 2670: 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… (signed) - HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter 335 of the Private Acts of 1968; Chapter 282 of the Private Acts of 1972; Chapte… (signed) - HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 1987; Chapter 74 of the Private Acts of 1995; Chapter… (signed) - HB 2631: 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,… (failed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0315.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0346.pdf) - [HA0169 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0169.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0346.pdf) - [SA0179 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0179.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026) - [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026) - [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026) - [HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2656-2025-2026) - [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026) - [HB 2631: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2631-2025-2026) - [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-SB0346-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).