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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1946"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1946 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65523f52-d5cb-4f99-b786-ed0d2f6f1fd1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1946&GA=111"
source_hash: "459256966c355898644defe51fe4653f352317a576caffce2d9ceed93788fdfc"
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 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0540.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0501.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1946.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2020 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020 2/20/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/11/2020 — **00** (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) — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65523f52-d5cb-4f99-b786-ed0d2f6f1fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).