---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67."
description: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2121"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2121 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80a12fd1-e990-47b1-a98f-465ca380226e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2121&ga=114"
source_hash: "bf5455dae9dacf88032c5dabbd6b5e38b808939dc12954a2aad32ee883200737"
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 2121 (114) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0636.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1215.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0599** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0599.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2121.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (6) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Failed — **21–70** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (5) — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — 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** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-18** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Failed to adopt am (Amendment 2 - HA1215), Ayes 21, Nays 70, PNV 0
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0636) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0599)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 10/01/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1007

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80a12fd1-e990-47b1-a98f-465ca380226e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).