republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1946.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1946	Tennessee SB 1946 (111)	bill	Education Dept. of	enacted	Haston Hensley	3	33	6	2020-01-22	2020-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/65523f52-d5cb-4f99-b786-ed0d2f6f1fd1	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1946&GA=111	459256966c355898644defe51fe4653f352317a576caffce2d9ceed93788fdfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1946 (111) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0540 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0501 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2020 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020 2/20/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/11/2020 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2020 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Haston — primary (person)
• Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-22 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-23 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-27 Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 P2C, ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2020-02-06 Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
• 2020-02-11 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
• 2020-02-12 Placed on cal. Education for 2/19/2020
• 2020-02-19 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2020-02-19 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2020
• 2020-02-19 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
• 2020-02-20 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-02-24 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0501)
• 2020-02-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-02-27 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-02-27 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0540) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-02-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-02-27 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-02-27 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-03-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-03-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-03-16 Pub. Ch. 532
• 2020-03-16 Effective date(s) 03/10/2020
• 2020-03-16 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 532

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65523f52-d5cb-4f99-b786-ed0d2f6f1fd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).