# Tennessee SB 1272: AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 1005 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to education.

Tennessee SB 1272, AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 1005 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to education., 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) 04/23/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1272
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 1005 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to education.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Effective date(s) 04/23/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (357 yes, 90 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 8

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Children in state custody gain enrollment protection: benefit, medium. Schools cannot deny admission to children in Tennessee state custody for missing immunizations or immunization records caused by their custody situation. Enrolling schools must also follow applicable federal education-rights laws for these children.
- Education accounts expand and protect student payments: benefit, medium. Deafness now qualifies for Tennessee’s individualized education account program, subject to its other eligibility requirements. Student account funds belong to the student under parental supervision and must be sent at least quarterly. The maximum annual amount uses the district’s base funding allo…
- School districts gain protection against funding cuts: benefit, medium. The law limits qualifying districts’ yearly state school-funding decreases to 5%. The education department must add money when a district’s allocation falls by more than 5%. This protection does not apply when the district already qualifies for additional funds under the law’s separate funding prov…
- More remote school days with meal access: benefit, low. Schools can use up to five days under the existing remote-instruction rule, up from two. The rule’s existing requirements still apply. On covered remote-instruction days, districts must make meals available when they determine doing so is safe and possible. Meals must follow school nutrition progra…
- Schools can bank days for disruptions: benefit, low. Schools adding 30 minutes of instruction daily for the full school year can bank up to 13 instructional days. Up to 6.5 hours per day can count toward instructional time. Banked days cover listed events, including dangerous weather, illness outbreaks, disasters, unsafe conditions, planning, confere…
- Schools can receive grants for student tutoring: benefit, low. The Tennessee education department can run a grant program supporting tutoring in school districts and public charter schools. The program depends on the legislature providing funding. The law sets no grant amount.
- Schools exclude short-term students from performance grades: benefit, low. A receiving public school’s letter grade cannot include performance data from students enrolled there for less than 50% of the year. This includes achievement, growth, and other performance measures. The data can count for the school where the student attended at least 50% of that year.
- School staff get leave with scheduling limits: mixed, high. Eligible licensed public-school and charter-school staff get six workweeks of paid leave after birth, stillbirth, or adoption. At that event, staff must have worked full time in a licensed position for the same district or charter school for 12 consecutive months. They must hold the required licens…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: White

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-17 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/17/2025 | pass | 27 | 5 |   |
| 2025-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 | pass | 70 | 23 |   |
| 2025-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY LAMBERTH PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 | pass | 74 | 21 |   |
| 2025-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY LAMBERTH PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 | pass | 77 | 19 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 | pass | 72 | 22 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 | pass | 28 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2025-04-29: Effective date(s) 04/23/2025
- 2025-04-29: Pub. Ch. 235
- 2025-04-23: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Amendment 2 - HA0435) (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0435) (House)
- 2025-04-15: Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 23, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-15: Motion to reconsider adopted. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Motion to lift from table adopted. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 22, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-14: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0294) (House)
- 2025-04-14: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-03-10: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0028) (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- HA0435, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0435.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0235.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1272.pdf)
- HA0294: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0294.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1272.pdf)
- SA0028: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0028.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (signed)
- SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing. (signed)
- SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [HA0435 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0435.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0235.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1272.pdf)
- [HA0294 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0294.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1272.pdf)
- [SA0028 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0028.pdf)

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- [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)
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