republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2158"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2158 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Moody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c0132fc-c7e2-454f-a124-c11e0d093f59"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2158&GA=112"
source_hash: "9d9bc82b7817b9e4c6e20551f4a418bce2334566d99eccbe81155bc99cedfcc8"
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 2158 (112) — Education - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## 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/SB2158.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2022 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **70–21** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 21, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **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 27, Nays 5 `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
- **2022-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 950
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 950

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c0132fc-c7e2-454f-a124-c11e0d093f59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).