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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
+description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1946"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1946 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Hensley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-22"
+last_action: "2020-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65523f52-d5cb-4f99-b786-ed0d2f6f1fd1"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1946&GA=111"
+source_hash: "459256966c355898644defe51fe4653f352317a576caffce2d9ceed93788fdfc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 1946 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0540.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0501.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1946.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020 2/20/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/11/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haston — primary (person)
+- Hensley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-27** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2020-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
+- **2020-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
+- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Education for 2/19/2020
+- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2020
+- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
+- **2020-02-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020
+- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0501)
+- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2020-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2020-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0540) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2020-02-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2020-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-27** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2020-03-02** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2020-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2020-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2020-03-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-16** Pub. Ch. 532
+- **2020-03-16** Effective date(s) 03/10/2020
+- **2020-03-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 532
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65523f52-d5cb-4f99-b786-ed0d2f6f1fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+