---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to provide up to two days of the required 180 days of classroom instruction through remote instruction in accordance with certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to provide up to two days of the required 180 days of classroom instruction through remote instruction in accordance with certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1887"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1887 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Southerland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d695f860-df9f-4ad1-8b24-0f8a095e22a2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1887&GA=112"
source_hash: "4b9f7ecb5cb5ba1231a6a3b5af904f4d57c3e5bc8e33372c0943ba07032271eb"
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 1887 (112) — Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to provide up to two days of the required 180 days of classroom instruction through remote instruction in accordance with certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0704** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0704.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0656** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0656.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1887.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0656)
- **2022-03-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0704) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 897
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 897

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d695f860-df9f-4ad1-8b24-0f8a095e22a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).