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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of the state education finance funds that an LEA is otherwise eligible to receive if the LEA fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth; exempts an LEA that fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth if the LEA's failure or refusal to do so is required by a court or other legally binding order. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of the state education finance funds that an LEA is otherwise eligible to receive if the LEA fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth; exempts an LEA that fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth if the LEA's failure or refusal to do so is required by a court or other legally binding order. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1861"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1861 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Ragan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4685082a-6c3a-48fd-bc99-6f70b3de9941"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1861&GA=112"
source_hash: "c7e6cf065e226264e24f2d0d641442d19a8d4b0680b5ffa0e74d34d2de30268f"
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 SB 1861 (112) — Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of the state education finance funds that an LEA is otherwise eligible to receive if the LEA fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth; exempts an LEA that fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth if the LEA's failure or refusal to do so is required by a court or other legally binding order. - 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/SB1861.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/29/2022 Passed — **81** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **265** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **6622** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/22/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/2/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hensley — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-01-26** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** P2C, ref. to Education Administration -- Government Operations For Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 909
- **2022-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/22/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-02** Pub. Ch. 909
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4685082a-6c3a-48fd-bc99-6f70b3de9941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).