---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private schools to participate in interscholastic athletics at the public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private schools to participate in interscholastic athletics at the public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1822"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1822 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28bf71b6-72e3-4f4f-bced-b0102eabdc2f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1822&ga=114"
source_hash: "e644b1f00b3adec8a3007e4e9877ce557c41c637a69c48663c57aaa9ebcaf646"
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 1822 (114) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private schools to participate in interscholastic athletics at the public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1005.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1040.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0499** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0499.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1822.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/18/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed (2) — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Failed — **22–70** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **57–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0499)
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-06** Reset on cal. for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-06** Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 2 - HA1040), Ayes 22, Nays 70, PNV 0
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1005) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 57, Nays 29, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 1, PNV 2 (Amendment 1 - HA1005) `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 893

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28bf71b6-72e3-4f4f-bced-b0102eabdc2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).