# Tennessee SB 0602: AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. Tennessee SB 0602, AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 05/09/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0602-2025-2026 - 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 0602 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-31 - Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 05/09/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 17 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (157 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Optional leave payments after teachers die: benefit, low. Tennessee school districts and public charter schools can pay a deceased teacher’s estate for unused, accrued annual and sick leave. This covers teachers who died while employed there on or after September 1, 2024. Payment is optional and follows the rules for deceased state employees. Teachers can… - New attendance rules for teacher records: benefit, low. Tennessee’s Department of Education must set rules for when a student’s record is linked to a teacher. For courses with a Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program test, students must be present for 150 days of classroom instruction. At schools using a block schedule, the threshold is 75 days of c… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democrat), Senate - Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Heidi Campbell (Democrat), Senate - Cosponsor: Ferrell Haile (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Bobby Harshbarger (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Adam Lowe (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mark Pody (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jessie Seal (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stevens - Cosponsor: Page Walley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Bo Watson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: White - Cosponsor: Jeff Yarbro (Democrat), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-21 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/21/2025 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 | pass | 89 | 2 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 | pass | 28 | 0 | | | 2025-03-26 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 1 | | ## Actions (29) - 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 05/09/2025 - 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 433 - 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0432) (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 2, PNV 1 (House) - 2025-04-16: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0432) (House) - 2025-04-16: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0233) (House) - 2025-04-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2025-04-10: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2025-04-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0284) (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA0432 (Substitute), 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0432.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0433.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0602.pdf) - HA0233: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0233.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0602.pdf) - SA0284: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0284.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed) - 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) ## Sources - [HA0432 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0432.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0433.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0602.pdf) - [HA0233 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0233.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0602.pdf) - [SA0284 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0284.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [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) - [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-SB0602-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).