---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires that, in situations where an order of protection is issued to protect a student who is enrolled in a public school from another student in the same school, the school principal and, when reasonably practicable and appropriate, the building-level school safety team with input from the parent or legal guardian of the student who is named as the petitioner in the order of protection, to develop and implement a student safety plan that includes certain protocols; requires such parent or legal guardian to notify the school within 48 hours of any changes to the order of protection. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 49."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires that, in situations where an order of protection is issued to protect a student who is enrolled in a public school from another student in the same school, the school principal and, when reasonably practicable and appropriate, the building-level school safety team with input from the parent or legal guardian of the student who is named as the petitioner in the order of protection, to develop and implement a student safety plan that includes certain protocols; requires such parent or legal guardian to notify the school within 48 hours of any changes to the order of protection. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2285"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2285 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69fdee26-7e9a-4883-863f-f4a19125448e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2285&ga=114"
source_hash: "1d67f7eb94d8b9d2ab2cd36120c5c6751d840200261080c76344d1306c2ab6c3"
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 2285 (114) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires that, in situations where an order of protection is issued to protect a student who is enrolled in a public school from another student in the same school, the school principal and, when reasonably practicable and appropriate, the building-level school safety team with input from the parent or legal guardian of the student who is named as the petitioner in the order of protection, to develop and implement a student safety plan that includes certain protocols; requires such parent or legal guardian to notify the school within 48 hours of any changes to the order of protection. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0907** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0907.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1077** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1077.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0813** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0813.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2285.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/18/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2026 Failed — **18–70** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0813)
- **2026-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0907) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 862

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69fdee26-7e9a-4883-863f-f4a19125448e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).