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Bill Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49. Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 2318 Tennessee SB 2318 (114)
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1 21 3 2026-02-02 2026-05-27 openstates ocd-bill/41623546-a43a-49ae-937b-79a526e92d99 https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2318&ga=114 ae3899bcf68657d7e836fb250ed4897b6ba6b52b1c92aa5a76769b7993898a38 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee SB 2318 (114) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 6518 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — 255 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (2) — 80 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-18 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
  • 2026-02-25 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-05 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2026-03-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026
  • 2026-03-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-23 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-23 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 passage
  • 2026-03-26 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-04-21 Passed H., Ayes 65, Nays 18, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-21 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-04-29 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-07 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
  • 2026-05-27 Pub. Ch. 1128

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41623546-a43a-49ae-937b-79a526e92d99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).