republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2501.md

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Bill	Education, Higher - As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	Education, Higher - As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2501	Tennessee SB 2501 (113)	bill	Education Higher	enacted	Hensley	3	23	4	2024-01-31	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/12f09fce-a338-4e7b-89b6-1c76c48ec444	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2501&GA=113	5071915ae2d9aed25508e2257e7279c464ec33a7238c6a626f62c313f41f5837	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2501 (113) — Education, Higher - As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0939 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0777 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — 65–23 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — 26–5 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed — 66–22 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/20/2024 Passed (2) — 8–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee passage
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
• 2024-03-13 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2024-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
• 2024-04-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-01 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
• 2024-04-01 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0777)
• 2024-04-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-04 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-11 Passed H., Ayes 65, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-11 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0939) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-11 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-16 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-17 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-09 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-09 Pub. Ch. 815

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12f09fce-a338-4e7b-89b6-1c76c48ec444. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).