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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, rather than recommends, that the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight include curricula designed to educate students in black history and black culture. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1006."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, rather than recommends, that the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight include curricula designed to educate students in black history and black culture. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1006."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2501"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2501 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Curriculum", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Hakeem"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b7b9536-ea69-4ff4-82ee-ae7da60a286d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2501&GA=112"
source_hash: "4eaea91f73f41287ea3c4e25b2d7677478d802435548412d118e20f35951c9a8"
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 2501 (112) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, rather than recommends, that the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight include curricula designed to educate students in black history and black culture. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1006.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0735** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0735.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0845** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0845.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0858** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0858.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2501.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **802** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed — **62** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **273** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/8/2022 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2022 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Akbari — primary (person)
- Hakeem — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Education Instruction 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 s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means 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. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0845) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0735) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0858)
- **2022-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** 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`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 938
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 938
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b7b9536-ea69-4ff4-82ee-ae7da60a286d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).