---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing textbooks and instructional materials; authorizes the Tennessee public charter school commission to require a charter school authorized by the commission upon appeal to delay opening for up to one school year through the charter agreement; requires that learning loss bridge camps be available to students enrolled in a state-authorized public charter school, located within the geographic boundaries of the LEA; revises other various education-related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing textbooks and instructional materials; authorizes the Tennessee public charter school commission to require a charter school authorized by the commission upon appeal to delay opening for up to one school year through the charter agreement; requires that learning loss bridge camps be available to students enrolled in a state-authorized public charter school, located within the geographic boundaries of the LEA; revises other various education-related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 918"
citation: "Tennessee SB 918 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aaf555a-4b0a-4f40-8606-035388ff6fcb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0918&GA=112"
source_hash: "b1a145f9248e088ab8ffb452456016281f27c1097ae097ea41f1b0f355dad3bf"
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 918 (112) — Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing textbooks and instructional materials; authorizes the Tennessee public charter school commission to require a charter school authorized by the commission upon appeal to delay opening for up to one school year through the charter agreement; requires that learning loss bridge camps be available to students enrolled in a state-authorized public charter school, located within the geographic boundaries of the LEA; revises other various education-related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0798** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0798.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0897** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0897.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0660** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0660.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0918.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY WHITE PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (2) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** Sponsor change.
- **2022-03-01** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0660)
- **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** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/22
- **2022-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0897) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0798) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 1 (Amendment 2 - HA0897) `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/27/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1085
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1085

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aaf555a-4b0a-4f40-8606-035388ff6fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).