# Tennessee SB 1896: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to school transportation.

Tennessee SB 1896, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to school transportation., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-20 (Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1896
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to school transportation.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-20, Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Local Education Agencies
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-11 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee / Behind Budget (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/31/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Reset on Final calendar of Senate Education Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026 (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

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1818.pdf)
- HA0589: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0589.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1896.pdf)
- SA0679: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0679.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1818.pdf)
- [HA0589 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0589.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1896.pdf)
- [SA0679 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0679.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1896-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).