---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, changes present law concerning the frequency of fire drills in educational occupancies. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102."
description: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, changes present law concerning the frequency of fire drills in educational occupancies. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Tennessee SB 346 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Prevention and Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f368b017-eac8-4ab8-be71-9f5b8001292b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0346&ga=114"
source_hash: "29b5660b33a5870cf323cf9e589a5fb491de9931ccbe567e21e9e68c3c678666"
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 346 (114) — Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, changes present law concerning the frequency of fire drills in educational occupancies. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0169.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0179.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0346.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2025 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0179)
- **2025-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0169) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 315

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f368b017-eac8-4ab8-be71-9f5b8001292b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).