republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, authorizes the administration of TCAP tests to students in a timed format and requires the department of education to establish the required time limit for each TCAP test and an optional additional time period that may be added to the required time limit for each test if requested by a student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, authorizes the administration of TCAP tests to students in a timed format and requires the department of education to establish the required time limit for each TCAP test and an optional additional time period that may be added to the required time limit for each test if requested by a student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2461"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2461 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Rudder"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eacc7bba-789e-499c-bc61-7f307b3e2eff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2461&GA=112"
source_hash: "2511a0ad22e1e63ac6c694f66848d2a0404fa48e7df87b84302d17d6ce2b243b"
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 2461 (112) — Education - As enacted, authorizes the administration of TCAP tests to students in a timed format and requires the department of education to establish the required time limit for each TCAP test and an optional additional time period that may be added to the required time limit for each test if requested by a student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0736** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0736.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0616.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2461.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/8/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Rudder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** 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 Instruction -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0616)
- **2022-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0736) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 978
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 05/03/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 978

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eacc7bba-789e-499c-bc61-7f307b3e2eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).