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type: "Bill"
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title: "Students - As enacted, specifies that a discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or charter school governing body may authorize a teacher to withhold a student's phone from the student for the duration of the instructional time if the student's phone is a distraction to the class or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
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description: "Students - As enacted, specifies that a discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or charter school governing body may authorize a teacher to withhold a student's phone from the student for the duration of the instructional time if the student's phone is a distraction to the class or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "HB 2028"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 2028 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Students"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hall"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-26"
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last_action: "2022-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82e3c6e6-c434-48b2-a2bb-377f195cb991"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2028&GA=112"
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source_hash: "b4990aee73a28310f9fe977097f008ab3f96d7f57c5fb8f6882ca31b2ee8caed"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 2028 (112) — Students - As enacted, specifies that a discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or charter school governing body may authorize a teacher to withhold a student's phone from the student for the duration of the instructional time if the student's phone is a distraction to the class or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2028.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2022 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bell — primary (person)
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- Hall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2022-02-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
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- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
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- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
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- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
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- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
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- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
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- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 707
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- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
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- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 707
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82e3c6e6-c434-48b2-a2bb-377f195cb991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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