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Bill Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 2742 Tennessee HB 2742 (112)
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Tennessee HB 2742 (112) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — 266 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 2/22/2022 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2022 Passed (2) — 71 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — 6723 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — 6821 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Powers — primary (person)
  • White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-03 P1C.
  • 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  • 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
  • 2022-02-15 Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 2/22/2022
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/2/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
  • 2022-03-28 Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 21, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-03-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-29 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2022-03-29 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-29 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-30 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2022-04-07 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
  • 2022-04-12 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 passage
  • 2022-04-12 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2022-04-12 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2022-04-13 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2022-04-13 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-04-20 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2022-04-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-05-04 Effective date(s) 04/29/2022
  • 2022-05-04 Pub. Ch. 959
  • 2022-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 959

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1f54fa2-4221-4b5e-9836-af90e351ea6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).