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Bill Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67. Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 2121 Tennessee HB 2121 (114)
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Tennessee HB 2121 (114) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0636 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA1215 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0599 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 256 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (6) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — 270 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Failed — 2170 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — 130 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (5) — 181 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 864 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-02-05 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2026-02-24 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Ref. to Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
  • 2026-03-03 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee referral-committee
  • 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 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-10 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-18 Placed behind the budget
  • 2026-04-08 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
  • 2026-04-15 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
  • 2026-04-15 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
  • 2026-04-16 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
  • 2026-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 4, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-21 Failed to adopt am (Amendment 2 - HA1215), Ayes 21, Nays 70, PNV 0
  • 2026-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0636) amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 passage
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0599)
  • 2026-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 10/01/2026
  • 2026-05-26 Pub. Ch. 1007

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80a12fd1-e990-47b1-a98f-465ca380226e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).