---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws, regulations, requirements, and guidance for K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws, regulations, requirements, and guidance for K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 950"
citation: "Tennessee SB 950 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b27441-9ac8-4818-a399-9e7d7249a634"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0950&ga=114"
source_hash: "f7d485cd6c2f80350282a2d40be5c25f54f3a9e3d94fde47749e7fb42d46f276"
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 950 (114) — Education - As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws, regulations, requirements, and guidance for K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0300** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0300.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0180.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0950.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (2) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **74–23** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2025 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed — **73–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** 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
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0180)
- **2025-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 4 (Amendment 1 - HA0300) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0300) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 454

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b27441-9ac8-4818-a399-9e7d7249a634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).