---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2290"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2290 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b313b8-7b97-4c78-8a9a-d3c0be9b4eb1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2290&GA=112"
source_hash: "af2d48233ff70ccb83df2a605347c8b13bafd575f1a9524a032a02ca49875949"
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 2290 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0557** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0557.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0579.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0651** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0651.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2290.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/15/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2022 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **67–24** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/28/2022 Passed — **69–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-28** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 24, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0557) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0579)
- **2022-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0651)
- **2022-03-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/28/22
- **2022-03-28** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 69, Nays 18 PNV 0 HB2670
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 818
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 818

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b313b8-7b97-4c78-8a9a-d3c0be9b4eb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).