---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, each local governing board of trustees of a state university, each local board of education, and the governing body of each public charter school to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, each local governing board of trustees of a state university, each local board of education, and the governing body of each public charter school to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1711"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1711 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97186003-ef1a-40d4-857f-e24308e51658"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1711&GA=113"
source_hash: "2db01ab40a6416eb7ab31d38c72639a1edc791b7784f52c0d139d3b632902378"
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 1711 (113) — Education - As enacted, requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, each local governing board of trustees of a state university, each local board of education, and the governing body of each public charter school to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0515** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0515.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0527.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1711.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2024 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0515) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-02-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0527)
- **2024-02-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 03/11/2024
- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 550

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97186003-ef1a-40d4-857f-e24308e51658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).