# Tennessee SB 1968: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.

Tennessee SB 1968, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance., 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); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1968
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.
- 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: 0
- Subjects: Local Education Agencies
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (129 yes, 93 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Court referrals and parent penalties for truancy: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, school directors must report certain withdrawn students’ absences to the juvenile judge where the student lives. This applies when the student received tier three truancy interventions and withdrew without enrolling in another school district. The director must certify that…
- Students’ absences follow them between schools: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, public schools must keep attendance records for the remaining school year after students transfer or withdraw. Schools enrolling students after the year starts must check whether they attended another public school or district that year. They must request records from each p…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2026 | pass | 66 | 24 |   |
| 2026-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2026 | fail | 24 | 69 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 844
- 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 24, PNV 5 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Failed to adopt am (Amendment 2 - HA1129), Ayes 24, Nays 69, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1024) (House)
- 2026-04-15: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-05: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-02: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0542) (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)
- 2026-02-05: 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/pc0844.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1823.pdf)
- HA1024: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1024.pdf)
- HA1129: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1129.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1968.pdf)
- SA0542: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0542.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0844.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1823.pdf)
- [HA1024 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1024.pdf)
- [HA1129 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1129.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1968.pdf)
- [SA0542 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0542.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1968-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).