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Bill Students - As enacted, specifies that a discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or charter school governing body may authorize a teacher to withhold a student's phone from the student for the duration of the instructional time if the student's phone is a distraction to the class or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Students - As enacted, specifies that a discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or charter school governing body may authorize a teacher to withhold a student's phone from the student for the duration of the instructional time if the student's phone is a distraction to the class or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1995 Tennessee SB 1995 (112)
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Tennessee SB 1995 (112) — Students - As enacted, specifies that a discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or charter school governing body may authorize a teacher to withhold a student's phone from the student for the duration of the instructional time if the student's phone is a distraction to the class or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and 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

  • K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (2) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed — 930 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (1) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2022 Passed (2) — 70 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Hall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-26 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-27 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-01-31 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  • 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
  • 2022-02-15 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2022-02-23 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-24 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
  • 2022-03-03 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
  • 2022-03-07 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-03-07 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-03-07 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-03-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-09 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-03-14 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-03-14 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-03-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-04 Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
  • 2022-04-04 Pub. Ch. 707
  • 2022-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 707

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5774ec8e-81b6-4a7a-bf87-a30a6451205c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).