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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, generally provide that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the member school to which the student transfers if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, generally provide that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the member school to which the student transfers if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Tennessee SB 16 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-12-17"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba14a32-e0c0-4926-bb1c-7070cc154b65"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0016&ga=114"
source_hash: "e9c4648c534d1da82516320f91457627960d55365185552a38d8a8501a475596"
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 16 (114) — Education - As enacted, generally provide that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the member school to which the student transfers if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0299** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0299.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0497.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0543.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0269** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0269.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0016.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 2/9/2026 Passed — **302** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed — **254** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 2/9/2026 Passed — **302** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY CEPICKY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/4/2026 Passed — **8211** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/4/2026 Passed — **8310** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed — **63** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY PEARSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2025 Failed — **2865** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lowe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-12-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-01-14** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2025-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0269)
- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-17** Reset on first calendar for February 2026
- **2025-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0299) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/4/2026
- **2026-02-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 10, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0543) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 2/9/2026
- **2026-02-09** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 2 (Amendment 3 - HA0543) `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 2 (Amendment 1 - HA0299) `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-02-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-11** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-03-16** Pub. Ch. 533
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cba14a32-e0c0-4926-bb1c-7070cc154b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).