---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1213"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1213 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3ee94e-63fc-445a-971b-76ffdbb23ae3"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1213&ga=114"
source_hash: "931453a26c109dec0ec0fe5c4e63d7aec751cc399051126d96bfaf0950833eed"
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 1213 (114) — Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0822** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0822.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0685** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0685.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1213.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/11/2026 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed — **84–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** 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`
- **2026-01-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-01-12** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0685)
- **2026-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0822) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/14/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 685

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3ee94e-63fc-445a-971b-76ffdbb23ae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).