republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-414.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, enacts the "SEM Advancement Act," which requires a local board of education or charter school governing body to develop and adopt a policy that establishes criteria for the enrollment of students in grades seven through 12 into available advanced English language arts, mathematics, and science courses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.	Education - As enacted, enacts the "SEM Advancement Act," which requires a local board of education or charter school governing body to develop and adopt a policy that establishes criteria for the enrollment of students in grades seven through 12 into available advanced English language arts, mathematics, and science courses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 414	Tennessee SB 414 (112)	bill	Education	enacted	Dixie Yarbro	3	41	7	2021-02-04	2021-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/4c45e4b7-885e-43fe-99f9-823f686fb707	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0414&GA=112	865c67b17a0a05c174b429ebc1d3e8e0e51767ae58be428e5879de508fc51e23	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 414 (112) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "SEM Advancement Act," which requires a local board of education or charter school governing body to develop and adopt a policy that establishes criteria for the enrollment of students in grades seven through 12 into available advanced English language arts, mathematics, and science courses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0027 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0098 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — 83–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/10/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/2/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2021 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dixie — primary (person)
• Yarbro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Education Instruction-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
• 2021-03-02 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-10 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/22/2021
• 2021-03-22 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-25 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-25 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0098)
• 2021-03-25 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
• 2021-03-29 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0027) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-07 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/20/2021
• 2021-05-03 Pub. Ch. 170
• 2021-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 170

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c45e4b7-885e-43fe-99f9-823f686fb707. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).