# Tennessee SB 1822: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics. Tennessee SB 1822, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1822-2025-2026 - 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 1822 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Local Education Agencies - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (138 yes, 104 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Private-school students gain public-school sports access: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee school districts must let qualifying private-school students try out for public middle or high school sports. This applies to the 2026–2027 school year and every school year after that. Students must live in the district and use the public school they are zoned to… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-16 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/16/2026 | pass | 25 | 1 | | | 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 57 | 29 | | | 2026-04-06 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 | fail | 22 | 70 | | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 | pass | 26 | 4 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (27) - 2026-05-18: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-18: Pub. Ch. 893 - 2026-05-05: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-21: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 1, PNV 2 (Amendment 1 - HA1005) (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-13: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-13: Passed H., as am., Ayes 57, Nays 29, PNV 2 (House) - 2026-04-06: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 (House) - 2026-04-06: Reset on cal. for 4/13/2026 (House) - 2026-04-06: Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 2 - HA1040), Ayes 22, Nays 70, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-06: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1005) (House) - 2026-04-06: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-02-26: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-02-23: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4, PNV 1 (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0499) (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA1005 (Substitute), 2026-04-06: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1005.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0893.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1785.pdf) - HA1040: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1040.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1822.pdf) - SA0499: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0499.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to infrastructure development distric… (signed) - SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13, relative to zoning outside of municipal boundaries. 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(signed) ## Sources - [HA1005 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1005.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0893.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1785.pdf) - [HA1040 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1040.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1822.pdf) - [SA0499 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0499.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1766-2025-2026) - [SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1771-2025-2026) - [SB 1668: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1668-2025-2026) - [SB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1667-2025-2026) - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [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-SB1822-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).