---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Tennessee SB 416 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Curriculum", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f4d667f-6d79-44c9-81e0-a6e57587fd46"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0416&ga=114"
source_hash: "7ec110816d87725f609ced5d4e8d0a9795c1dfb479cbf164202bc5e1a31508f7"
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 416 (114) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0309.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0130.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0416.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **82–9** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — 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`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0130)
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 9, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0309) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0309) `passage`
- **2025-04-23** 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. 427

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f4d667f-6d79-44c9-81e0-a6e57587fd46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).