# Tennessee SB 1890: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the history of communism. Tennessee SB 1890, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the history of communism., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 04/14/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1890-2025-2026 - 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 1890 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the history of communism. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 04/14/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Local Education Agencies - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (132 yes, 89 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tennessee students get new communism history standards: benefit, low. The law took effect upon becoming law; its requirements apply at Tennessee’s next adoption of social studies standards. The standards recommendation committee must recommend grade-appropriate communism history standards, and the State Board of Education must adopt them. Required topics include U.S.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Ferrell Haile (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-30 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 | pass | 72 | 18 | | | 2026-03-30 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY JONES J PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 | fail | 23 | 70 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 | pass | 28 | 1 | | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 04/14/2026 - 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 708 - 2026-04-14: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-01: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 18, PNV 1 (House) - 2026-03-30: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0559) (House) - 2026-03-30: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-05: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1, PNV 3 (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0540) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0708.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1805.pdf) - HA0559: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0559.pdf) - HA0897: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0897.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1890.pdf) - SA0540: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0540.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to public benefits. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0708.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1805.pdf) - [HA0559 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0559.pdf) - [HA0897 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0897.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1890.pdf) - [SA0540 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0540.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1915-2025-2026) - [SB 1900: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to fi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1900-2025-2026) - [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) - [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-SB1890-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).