republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2154.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the \"Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022\"; requires each public school to maintain, and post on the school's website, a list of the materials in the school's library collection; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy to establish procedures for the development and review of school library collections. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the \"Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022\"; requires each public school to maintain, and post on the school's website, a list of the materials in the school's library collection; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy to establish procedures for the development and review of school library collections. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2154"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2154 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/def3d801-792a-48f6-8784-74379b6dbba9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2154&GA=112"
source_hash: "e8e92fd26fe72ae8979751eaa17357a07a1384b1f48970eab7518fa614ee00b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 2154 (112) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022"; requires each public school to maintain, and post on the school's website, a list of the materials in the school's library collection; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy to establish procedures for the development and review of school library collections. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2154.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/16/2022 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **73–21** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-15** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 744
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 744

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/def3d801-792a-48f6-8784-74379b6dbba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).