---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, prohibits a local board of education or public charter school governing body from removing a material from a library collection for the sole reason that the material is religious. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, prohibits a local board of education or public charter school governing body from removing a material from a library collection for the sole reason that the material is religious. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1112"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1112 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4973cdf-5e33-4bef-9b02-bbcd59040576"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1112&ga=114"
source_hash: "8ed17cd71d8cd7ca04f218c9f79c270c5df26fdaa8589b004b21c29bd797c5d8"
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 1112 (114) — Education - As enacted, prohibits a local board of education or public charter school governing body from removing a material from a library collection for the sole reason that the material is religious. - 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://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1112.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-21** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 270

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4973cdf-5e33-4bef-9b02-bbcd59040576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).