# Tennessee SB 0946: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of safety concerns at public schools.

Tennessee SB 0946, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of safety concerns at public schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-29 (Effective date(s) 04/15/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0946
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of safety concerns at public schools.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Effective date(s) 04/15/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Local Education Agencies
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (164 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Parents get notice of school threats: benefit, low. Tennessee school districts and public charter schools must notify parents and guardians about qualifying school safety incidents. This covers credible information from threat assessment teams or any other source about violence threats or significantly disruptive behavior. The incident must occur on…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/3/2025 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2025 | pass | 94 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/24/2025 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-04-29: Effective date(s) 04/15/2025
- 2025-04-29: Pub. Ch. 215
- 2025-04-15: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0162) (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/3/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-03-31: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0162) (House)
- 2025-03-31: 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, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/24/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (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)
- 2025-02-05: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- HA0162, 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0162.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0215.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0946.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0946.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0162 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0162.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0215.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0946.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0946.pdf)

## Related
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- [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 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 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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0946-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
