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SB0951 • 2026

Safety

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school safety.

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Sponsor
Powers, Slater
Last action
2025-03-19
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide information on what happens if reports are submitted late, nor does it mention updating other parts of Tennessee's laws beyond changing the specific date for reporting.

Changing School Safety Report Dates

This bill changes when certain school safety reports must be sent to the governor and state lawmakers.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the date by which education and safety officials must report on school safety measures from February 1st to January 15th.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Education commissioners
  • Safety commissioners

Terms To Know

Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act)
A law that aims to improve school safety measures.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the report is submitted late.
  • It only changes reporting dates and does not add new requirements for school safety measures.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee

  2. 2026-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/3/2026

  3. 2026-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  4. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 1/27/2026

  5. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to Second Calendar of 2026

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  7. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025

  8. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/25/2025

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025

  11. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee

  12. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  13. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  14. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  17. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  18. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  19. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  20. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1014
By Slater

SENATE BILL 951
By Powers

SB0951
002910
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49
and Title 68, relative to school safety.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-810, is amended by deleting
"February 1" and substituting "January 15".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.