Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-246.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

82 lines
4.4 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Tennessee SB 246 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/116f0a68-58de-4940-8a8b-5e884f991495"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0246&ga=114"
source_hash: "2c4c220a31b91110434d1e45f9a63691de453f83448c3a1d2a1202b64e2d6fd3"
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 246 (114) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0170.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0246.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2025 Passed — **330** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **81** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed — **860** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0170) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0170) `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 419
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/116f0a68-58de-4940-8a8b-5e884f991495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).