republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2290.md

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Bill	Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2290	Tennessee SB 2290 (112)	bill	Education Higher	enacted	Bell Sexton C	4	49	7	2022-02-01	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/60b313b8-7b97-4c78-8a9a-d3c0be9b4eb1	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2290&GA=112	af2d48233ff70ccb83df2a605347c8b13bafd575f1a9524a032a02ca49875949	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2290 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0557 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0579 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0651 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — 25–5 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/15/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2022 Passed (2) — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 67–24 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/28/2022 Passed — 69–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Sexton C — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2022-02-03 P1C.
• 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-15 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 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
• 2022-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-23 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2022-02-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-24 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
• 2022-02-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-28 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-03 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/14/2022
• 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
• 2022-03-07 Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 24, PNV 2 passage
• 2022-03-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0557) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
• 2022-03-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-03-14 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/21/2022
• 2022-03-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
• 2022-03-21 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-03-21 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 passage
• 2022-03-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0579)
• 2022-03-21 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0651)
• 2022-03-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/28/22
• 2022-03-28 H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 69, Nays 18 PNV 0 HB2670
• 2022-03-29 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-03-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 818
• 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 818

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60b313b8-7b97-4c78-8a9a-d3c0be9b4eb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).