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Bill Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49. Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 246 Tennessee SB 246 (114)
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2 23 4 2025-01-22 2025-05-15 openstates ocd-bill/116f0a68-58de-4940-8a8b-5e884f991495 https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0246&ga=114 2c4c220a31b91110434d1e45f9a63691de453f83448c3a1d2a1202b64e2d6fd3 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee SB 246 (114) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0170 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (1) — 310 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2025 Passed — 330 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — 81 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed — 860 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-01-27 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-19 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
  • 2025-02-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2025-03-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025
  • 2025-03-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-03-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-06 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2025-03-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-04-21 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2025
  • 2025-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2025-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0170) amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-21 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-04-22 Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0170) passage
  • 2025-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-04-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-04-29 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-05-01 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
  • 2025-05-15 Pub. Ch. 419

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/116f0a68-58de-4940-8a8b-5e884f991495. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).