---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2882"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2882 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Curriculum", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f8220a-5ede-4c08-adbf-6fec464f552f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2882&GA=113"
source_hash: "0f57dd275062ec9630381106570618c1255e9568b3f1570fc7eac166da836ff3"
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 2882 (113) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0566** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0566.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0583** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0583.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0597** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0597.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0598** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0598.pdf)
5. **Amendment HA0600** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0600.pdf)
6. **Amendment HA0601** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0601.pdf)
7. **Amendment SA0972** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0972.pdf)
8. **Amendment SA0974** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0974.pdf)
9. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2882.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2024 Passed — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Amend# 2 by Senator Yarbro 4/4/2024 Passed — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY POWELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Passed — **69–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024 2/22/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — **79–12** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Failed — **17–73** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 4 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Failed — **17–74** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 6 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Failed — **18–73** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Passed (2) — **70–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 2/14/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **24–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 5 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Failed — **16–74** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-26** Reset on cal. for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 12, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0583) `amendment-deferral`
- **2024-02-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0566) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-02-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Amendment tabled (Amendment 2 - SA0974) `amendment-deferral`
- **2024-04-04** Amendment tabled (Amendment 1 - SA0972) `amendment-deferral`
- **2024-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 800

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6f8220a-5ede-4c08-adbf-6fec464f552f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).