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Bill Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1857 Tennessee HB 1857 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1857 (114) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0741 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0806 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur Concur in House Amend# 1 4/13/2026 Passed — 276 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/12/2026 Failed (3) — 02 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2026 Passed (2) — 7120 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 7119 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 1 BY JONES J PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2026 Failed — 2471 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/3/2026 Passed — 41 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — 285 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (2) — 276 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (4) — 122 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2026 Passed — 7221 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Rudd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-21 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-02-02 Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 P2C, ref. to Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
  • 2026-03-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
  • 2026-03-05 Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
  • 2026-03-10 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
  • 2026-03-12 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2026
  • 2026-03-16 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
  • 2026-03-16 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-16 Objected to on Consent Calendar.
  • 2026-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-03-19 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-19 Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 20, PNV 2 passage
  • 2026-03-23 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-03-30 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
  • 2026-03-30 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0806)
  • 2026-03-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-02 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/6/2026
  • 2026-04-06 H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1
  • 2026-04-10 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2026
  • 2026-04-13 Senate refused to recede from amendment
  • 2026-04-14 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2026
  • 2026-04-15 Conference Committee appointed. (Pody, Roberts, Oliver)
  • 2026-04-15 Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Miller, Doggett, Davis, Rudd)
  • 2026-04-15 H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence of S. am. no. 1
  • 2026-04-16 Reset on next available Message calendar
  • 2026-04-16 H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/16/2026
  • 2026-04-22 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 71, Nays 19 PNV 0
  • 2026-04-23 Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes, 28, Nays 5
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
  • 2026-05-18 Pub. Ch. 962

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9adaa811-6bab-4834-af65-71cff6657d52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).