republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-1537.md

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Bill	Textbooks - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a proposed rubric to assist the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission in reviewing and scoring textbooks and instructional materials proposed for adoption and submit the proposed rubric to the commission for approval; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.	Textbooks - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a proposed rubric to assist the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission in reviewing and scoring textbooks and instructional materials proposed for adoption and submit the proposed rubric to the commission for approval; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 1537	Tennessee HB 1537 (112)	bill	Textbooks	enacted	Bell Weaver	4	40	6	2021-02-10	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/8085228d-f2dc-461d-99df-2417dca58d63	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1537&GA=112	c2e903cc92ca064f0051ff432d820268c460cd5f13e15df97c58b25e937d20eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1537 (112) — Textbooks - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a proposed rubric to assist the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission in reviewing and scoring textbooks and instructional materials proposed for adoption and submit the proposed rubric to the commission for approval; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0211 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0288 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0233 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/16/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — 66–22 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — 27–6 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendments, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Weaver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2021-02-24 Intro. introduction
• 2021-02-24 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-25 P1C.
• 2021-03-01 Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 P2C, ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-16 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-24 Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-25 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
• 2021-04-07 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-04-14 Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 22, PNV 3 passage
• 2021-04-14 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0211) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-14 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0288) amendment-passage
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-15 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
• 2021-04-19 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
• 2021-04-19 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0233)
• 2021-04-19 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-19 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-20 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-04-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-26 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-28 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 342
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 342

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8085228d-f2dc-461d-99df-2417dca58d63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).