---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"School Safety and Removal Act;\" authorizes alternative schools and alternative programs to provide remote instruction to students attending the school or program. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"School Safety and Removal Act;\" authorizes alternative schools and alternative programs to provide remote instruction to students attending the school or program. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2590"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2590 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f3e3abe-44f6-40d8-b113-e2b68dcad05b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2590&GA=112"
source_hash: "c4363ea97dedaa296fbf1058ba34ca35f3d9297314a8cc3dc0f4c11e3aaa5693"
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 2590 (112) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "School Safety and Removal Act;" authorizes alternative schools and alternative programs to provide remote instruction to students attending the school or program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2590.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2022 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 960
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/29/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 960

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f3e3abe-44f6-40d8-b113-e2b68dcad05b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).