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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits institutions of higher education from excluding a person from benefits, activities, and employment, or making decisions, based on a person's race, color, ethnicity, or national origin; requires such institutions to provide notice of such prohibitions; authorizes injunctive and declaratory relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits institutions of higher education from excluding a person from benefits, activities, and employment, or making decisions, based on a person's race, color, ethnicity, or national origin; requires such institutions to provide notice of such prohibitions; authorizes injunctive and declaratory relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "Tennessee SB 376 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476c11c0-249a-49f2-bf4b-ccdcce249590"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0376&ga=114"
source_hash: "1fee96c579ff63c34775e7d180870bc19bdfc793fd30256a9861cf320710622e"
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 376 (114) — Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits institutions of higher education from excluding a person from benefits, activities, and employment, or making decisions, based on a person's race, color, ethnicity, or national origin; requires such institutions to provide notice of such prohibitions; authorizes injunctive and declaratory relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0236.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0314.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0409** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0409.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0274** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0274.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0370.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0376.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Failed — **2372** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Failed — **2173** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Previous Question as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed — **256** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed — **81** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **256** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **7322** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (2) — **7322** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Lay on the Table Motion to Adopt Amend# 2 by Senator Yarbro Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed — **266** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 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 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **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 6 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Amendment tabled (Amendment 2 - SA0370) `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0274)
- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Failed to adopt Am. 2 (Amendment 2 - HA0314) Ayes 23, Nays 72, PNV 0
- **2025-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0236) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 245
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/476c11c0-249a-49f2-bf4b-ccdcce249590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).