---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which a student who is not proficient in ELA, as determined by the student's achieving a performance level rating of “approaching” on the ELA portion of the student's most recent TCAP test may be promoted. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which a student who is not proficient in ELA, as determined by the student's achieving a performance level rating of “approaching” on the ELA portion of the student's most recent TCAP test may be promoted. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2422"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2422 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin G"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7039883b-7431-4395-9f79-b2b66e99a01c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2422&ga=114"
source_hash: "c1f218256c0213e9409b7ef2ba2c54ef6097510be07c4a13a00549d1af2bca6f"
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 HB 2422 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which a student who is not proficient in ELA, as determined by the student's achieving a performance level rating of “approaching” on the ELA portion of the student's most recent TCAP test may be promoted. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0877** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0877.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0878** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0878.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0789** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0789.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA1107** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1107.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2422.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (2) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (6) — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (4) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (2) — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/17/2026 Passed (7) — **5–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin G — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-01** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0878) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0877) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-22** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2
- **2026-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1107)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0789)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1
- **2026-04-23** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 80, Nays 0 PNV 6
- **2026-04-23** Conference Committee appointed (Watson, White, Yarbro)
- **2026-04-23** Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. G. Martin, Cepicky, Cochran, Glynn)
- **2026-04-23** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence in SA 2
- **2026-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
- **2026-04-23** Senate refused to recede from amendment
- **2026-04-23** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1030

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7039883b-7431-4395-9f79-b2b66e99a01c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).