---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires, beyond the 2023-2024 school year, each LEA and public charter school to provide each high school senior the opportunity to take nationally recognized assessments if the assessments meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Chapter 439 of the Public Acts of 2023."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires, beyond the 2023-2024 school year, each LEA and public charter school to provide each high school senior the opportunity to take nationally recognized assessments if the assessments meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Chapter 439 of the Public Acts of 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1936"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1936 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2086d9a1-c697-4d34-922e-7b3521915e39"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1936&GA=113"
source_hash: "af6db07458b497b816f7ded1e31f25d0d967b43f969ddb66b7b1006d8c596096"
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 HB 1936 (113) — Education - As enacted, requires, beyond the 2023-2024 school year, each LEA and public charter school to provide each high school senior the opportunity to take nationally recognized assessments if the assessments meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Chapter 439 of the Public Acts of 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1936.pdf)

## Votes

- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/13/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/13/2024 2/6/2024 Failed — **0–1** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/15/2024 4/11/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2024-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2024
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 908

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2086d9a1-c697-4d34-922e-7b3521915e39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).