# Tennessee SB 1957: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. Tennessee SB 1957, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education., 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) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1957-2025-2026 - 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 1957 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: Local Education Agencies - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (127 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - School board members can open with prayer: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee local school board members can open board meetings with prayer. No one attending is required to join. No one may be harassed or pressured to participate. The law creates no household payment or financial benefit. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jessie Seal (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stevens ## 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 | 86 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 710 - 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 86, Nays 0, PNV 7 (House) - 2026-03-30: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-12: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0710.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1834.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1957.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. (signed) - SB 1900: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0710.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1834.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1957.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-SB1957-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).