---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies that an adult high school may provide virtual instruction in accordance with the Virtual Public Schools Act; requires an adult high school that provides virtual instruction to satisfy the instructional time requirements established for adult high schools by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies that an adult high school may provide virtual instruction in accordance with the Virtual Public Schools Act; requires an adult high school that provides virtual instruction to satisfy the instructional time requirements established for adult high schools by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2441"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2441 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hurt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a2f1bb-339f-4d55-b133-24cc5a5dd242"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2441&GA=112"
source_hash: "e08ff16aa0e3e7e12d94a01829ff0db22e414cd8140a771397947eca961ac08e"
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 2441 (112) — Education - As enacted, specifies that an adult high school may provide virtual instruction in accordance with the Virtual Public Schools Act; requires an adult high school that provides virtual instruction to satisfy the instructional time requirements established for adult high schools by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0635** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0635.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0659.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2441.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 2/22/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Hurt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0635) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0659)
- **2022-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 838
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 838

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8a2f1bb-339f-4d55-b133-24cc5a5dd242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).