---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Transportation - As enacted, requires a local education agency that installs cameras on the exterior of school buses for the purpose of recording images of motor vehicles that fail to stop upon approaching a school bus to either enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement that includes the review of evidence from a camera and overall enforcement, or authorize school safety personnel to review evidence from a camera to determine whether a violation has occurred. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-151."
description: "School Transportation - As enacted, requires a local education agency that installs cameras on the exterior of school buses for the purpose of recording images of motor vehicles that fail to stop upon approaching a school bus to either enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement that includes the review of evidence from a camera and overall enforcement, or authorize school safety personnel to review evidence from a camera to determine whether a violation has occurred. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-151."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2356"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2356 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db093c28-a1b1-4015-a06f-827fde70f950"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2356&ga=114"
source_hash: "111887a7dc5a51255bb1baf038ccb80ac0195cecce5213fadf6f5c2285e85f9b"
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 2356 (114) — School Transportation - As enacted, requires a local education agency that installs cameras on the exterior of school buses for the purpose of recording images of motor vehicles that fail to stop upon approaching a school bus to either enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement that includes the review of evidence from a camera and overall enforcement, or authorize school safety personnel to review evidence from a camera to determine whether a violation has occurred. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-151.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0584** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0584.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0603** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0603.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2356.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 3/5/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2026 Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — 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 Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Transportation 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 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0584) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0603)
- **2026-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
- **2026-04-23** Pub. Ch. 764

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db093c28-a1b1-4015-a06f-827fde70f950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).