---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 821"
citation: "Tennessee SB 821 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Curriculum", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd20cb6-e62b-4c36-82c6-38a0cf05e35c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0821&ga=114"
source_hash: "54a0479062688cb9b1952adecbb7d76631224a5f2804572883bb43c702ea397c"
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 821 (114) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0552** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0552.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1232.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA1233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1233.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0963** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0963.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0821.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/23/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** 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, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-08** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 1st Calendar of 2026
- **2026-01-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 1/13/2026
- **2026-01-13** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 1/27/2026
- **2026-01-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 1/27/2026
- **2026-01-27** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/3/2026
- **2026-02-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee / Behind the budget
- **2026-03-30** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-30** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0963)
- **2026-04-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2026
- **2026-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1233) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1232) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0552) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA1233) `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1058

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bd20cb6-e62b-4c36-82c6-38a0cf05e35c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).