---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by providing high school students enrolled in a world history and geography course with at least 45 minutes of instruction on such topic. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by providing high school students enrolled in a world history and geography course with at least 45 minutes of instruction on such topic. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2089"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2089 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ae4ae1-0bb3-4449-8ea6-ab19a491551d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2089&ga=114"
source_hash: "63fd127196bec48e2dc3a3307022dceb02aba9b769dd427d2ebffe8b6b6bd1bb"
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 2089 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by providing high school students enrolled in a world history and geography course with at least 45 minutes of instruction on such topic. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0587** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0587.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2089.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (4) — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (2) — **73–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 3/5/2026 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/23/2026 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **72–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 17, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0587) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/16/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 757

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64ae4ae1-0bb3-4449-8ea6-ab19a491551d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).