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SB0714Introduced in the Senate

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education.

Passed

Introduced by Brent Taylor, District 31

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As enacted, requires an educational oversight board tobe created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance andoperational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

Where it stands

Effective date(s) 05/22/2026

May 27, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

8 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: FLOOR VOTE: Previous Question Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report · April 22, 2026

27

Yes

6

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

33 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Adam Lowe1Yes
Tom Hatcher2Yes
Rusty Crowe3Yes
Robert Harshbarger4Yes
Randy McNally5Yes
Becky Massey6Yes
Richard Briggs7Yes
Jessie Seal8Yes
Steve Southerland9Yes
Todd Gardenhire10Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  4. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  5. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  6. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  7. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0

  8. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  9. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  10. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/21/2025

  11. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2025

  12. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0

  13. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025

  14. Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2025

  15. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025

  16. Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0285)

  17. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0456)

  18. Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0430)

  19. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6

  20. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  21. Subst. for comp. HB.

  22. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0311)

  23. H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0519)

  24. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0536)

  25. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 7 - HA0539)

  26. Passed H., as am., Ayes 63, Nays 30, PNV 2

  27. Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025

  28. Senate refused to concur in amendment

  29. Sponsor(s) Added.

  30. H. Placed on Message Calendar for 1/14/2026

  31. H. refused to recede from H. am. no. 2

  32. Senate Reset on Message calendar for 4/15/2026

  33. Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/15/2026

  34. Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence. (Amendment 2 - HA0519)

  35. Conference Committee appointed. (Taylor, Powers, Akbari, Lowe, White)

  36. H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/16/2026

  37. Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Cepicky, Slater, Moody, Parkinson, White)

  38. Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026

  39. Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026

  40. Majority Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 27, Nays 6

  41. H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26

  42. Minority Conf. comm. report failed, Ayes 13, Nays 72 PNV 3

  43. Majority Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 73, Nays 19 PNV 0

  44. Sponsor(s) Added.

  45. Enrolled and ready for signatures

  46. Signed by Senate Speaker

  47. Signed by H. Speaker

  48. Transmitted to Governor for action.

  49. Signed by Governor.

  50. Pub. Ch. 1057

  51. Effective date(s) 05/22/2026

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