---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes the board to reject or make technical nonsubstantive revisions to, instead of only adopt, the standards recommended to the board for adoption by the standards recommendation committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes the board to reject or make technical nonsubstantive revisions to, instead of only adopt, the standards recommended to the board for adoption by the standards recommendation committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1676"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1676 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5e3a151-c0dc-4c24-a997-03b0a4637f0e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1676&GA=112"
source_hash: "9d794b7e582c996be8da9d4f1c8388e2c6b9f832e1e202dfcbc168c6866dee9e"
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 1676 (112) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, authorizes the board to reject or make technical nonsubstantive revisions to, instead of only adopt, the standards recommended to the board for adoption by the standards recommendation committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0506** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0506.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0495** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0495.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1676.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **78–16** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: 1/25/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022 2/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/16/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 1/25/2022
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-01-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/2/2022
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-02** No Action Taken
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/10/2022
- **2022-02-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0506) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0495)
- **2022-02-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-02-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/16/2022
- **2022-03-23** Pub. Ch. 660
- **2022-03-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 660

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5e3a151-c0dc-4c24-a997-03b0a4637f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).