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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies who is eligible to attend a voluntary pre-kindergarten program; deletes the pilot pre-kindergarten program; requires that a voluntary pre-kindergarten program be designed to comprehensively address the educational needs of children who are not otherwise eligible for similar programs or who do not have access to a pre-kindergarten program; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies who is eligible to attend a voluntary pre-kindergarten program; deletes the pilot pre-kindergarten program; requires that a voluntary pre-kindergarten program be designed to comprehensively address the educational needs of children who are not otherwise eligible for similar programs or who do not have access to a pre-kindergarten program; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2595"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2595 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e1b7c0-bbb0-4b04-9d5a-3b98ca42fd1e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2595&GA=112"
source_hash: "fdeaee92a27945bd7fb76471ea6846461a6ac1af4431eeb011871559c3548a93"
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 2595 (112) — Education - As enacted, specifies who is eligible to attend a voluntary pre-kindergarten program; deletes the pilot pre-kindergarten program; requires that a voluntary pre-kindergarten program be designed to comprehensively address the educational needs of children who are not otherwise eligible for similar programs or who do not have access to a pre-kindergarten program; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0640** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0640.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0845** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0845.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2595.pdf)
## Votes
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/1/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed (2) — **81** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **311** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Haston — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0640) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **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** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0845)
- **2022-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **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** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 957
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 957
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2e1b7c0-bbb0-4b04-9d5a-3b98ca42fd1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).