---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 415"
citation: "Tennessee SB 415 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/177cfbdb-c78e-44ce-923e-a0220a071128"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0415&ga=114"
source_hash: "2268379d0a6eda0eb3459886eb26022ea71b910f6e53e0dd07df24803a2a69ef"
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 415 (114) — Education - As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0263** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0263.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0516** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0516.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0282.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0415.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (2) — **72–24** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **79–17** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2025 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** 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`
- **2025-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0282)
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 17, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0516) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0263) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 426

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/177cfbdb-c78e-44ce-923e-a0220a071128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).