---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires an LEA or the department of education to provide testing materials or proposed testing materials in the LEA's or department's possession to a member of the general assembly upon the member's request to inspect and review the material; excludes certain materials. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires an LEA or the department of education to provide testing materials or proposed testing materials in the LEA's or department's possession to a member of the general assembly upon the member's request to inspect and review the material; excludes certain materials. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2299"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2299 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey", "Pody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c59093e2-7d5c-4427-ab72-18a3e48a292a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2299&GA=112"
source_hash: "3fc80050abcbfe4eb12470682dc89a20f28e92d919747fda4a6e6a9303d24b30"
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 2299 (112) — Education - As enacted, requires an LEA or the department of education to provide testing materials or proposed testing materials in the LEA's or department's possession to a member of the general assembly upon the member's request to inspect and review the material; excludes certain materials. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0711.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0665** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0665.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2299.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **69–25** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/16/2022 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/8/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-25** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** 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 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 20, Nays 10 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0665)
- **2022-03-28** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/4/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/4/2022
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-04** Reset on Final cal. of Government Operations Committee
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 25, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0711) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Effective date(s) 05/11/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-25** Pub. Ch. 1032
- **2022-05-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c59093e2-7d5c-4427-ab72-18a3e48a292a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).