---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, makes various changes to the TISA review committee, including, but not limited to, clarifying that the committee may convene a meeting with a majority of all members present, including one or more designees, but a quorum of all voting members of the committee is required to transact any business requiring a formal vote of the committee. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-113."
description: "Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, makes various changes to the TISA review committee, including, but not limited to, clarifying that the committee may convene a meeting with a majority of all members present, including one or more designees, but a quorum of all voting members of the committee is required to transact any business requiring a formal vote of the committee. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2077"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2077 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d74da5b3-4878-4baf-a45c-055a930b3143"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2077&ga=114"
source_hash: "079991f08129058ab017c5051dbfd16cd0e48559cbceb09b0de0da2a096f88af"
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 2077 (114) — Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, makes various changes to the TISA review committee, including, but not limited to, clarifying that the committee may convene a meeting with a majority of all members present, including one or more designees, but a quorum of all voting members of the committee is required to transact any business requiring a formal vote of the committee. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-113.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0639** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0639.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0843** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0843.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0539** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0539.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2077.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/6/2026 Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
- **2026-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0539)
- **2026-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0843) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-02** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0639) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 3 (Amendment 2 - HA0843) `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- **2026-04-28** Pub. Ch. 798

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d74da5b3-4878-4baf-a45c-055a930b3143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).