# Tennessee SB 1774: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7, relative to harassment.

Tennessee SB 1774, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7, relative to harassment., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-27 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1774
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7, relative to harassment.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Students
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (192 yes, 64 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- School bullying rules cover employee conduct: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee’s revised bullying rules cover acts committed on or after that date by students or school employees. Employees include school and local education agency workers; victims are students, including another student when a student commits the act. Bullying must substanti…
- School employees face suspension or dismissal: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee schools must give their harassment policies to every school employee, as well as each student. Teachers and school employees found to have committed harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying are subject to suspension or dismissal. The law also adds these…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | fail | 28 | 64 |   |
| 2026-03-16 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0635, 2026-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0635.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1093.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1733.pdf)
- HA1217: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1217.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1774.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0635 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0635.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1093.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1733.pdf)
- [HA1217 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1217.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1774.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1774-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).