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type: "Bill"
title: "Students - As enacted, creates a criminal offense for certain school employees who intentionally engage in bullying or cyberbullying of a student; clarifies that a teacher or school employee of a local education agency who is found to have committed an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying is subject to dismissal or suspension. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7."
description: "Students - As enacted, creates a criminal offense for certain school employees who intentionally engage in bullying or cyberbullying of a student; clarifies that a teacher or school employee of a local education agency who is found to have committed an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying is subject to dismissal or suspension. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1774"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1774 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a759ebe-97a2-46a8-a349-c444fc1166fa"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1774&ga=114"
source_hash: "461ee23e86ab3b1bfc67d7a585e4b474c2412c9594b8c1bfd49230be25b037c5"
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 1774 (114) — Students - As enacted, creates a criminal offense for certain school employees who intentionally engage in bullying or cyberbullying of a student; clarifies that a teacher or school employee of a local education agency who is found to have committed an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying is subject to dismissal or suspension. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0635** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0635.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1217.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1774.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2026 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Failed — **2864** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2026 Passed (2) — **320** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-13** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Failed to adopt am (Amendment 2 -HA1217), Ayes 28, Nays 64, PNV 0
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0635) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0635) `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1093
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a759ebe-97a2-46a8-a349-c444fc1166fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).