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SB1327 • 2026

Education

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.

Education
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Sponsor
Akbari, Camper
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on the immediate effectiveness of the bill, only that it takes effect upon becoming a law.

Education Act Changes

This bill removes reporting requirements for certain educational institutions regarding efforts to prevent copyright infringement on school computers and networks.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a rule that required the Board of Regents, University of Tennessee, and Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association to report their efforts in preventing copyright violations over school computer and network resources by April 1, 2009.
  • Changes Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Section 7-142(c) by removing specific reporting requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Board of Regents
  • University of Tennessee
  • Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association

Terms To Know

Copyright infringement
Using or sharing someone else's creative work without permission.
Reporting requirements
Rules that require institutions to give information about certain activities to a governing body.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens after the reporting requirement is removed.
  • It's unclear how these changes will affect current efforts to prevent copyright infringement in schools.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

  2. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/3/2026

  3. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  6. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

  7. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  10. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  11. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  12. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  14. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  15. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  16. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1276
By Camper

SENATE BILL 1327
By Akbari

SB1327
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-142(c), is amended by deleting
"By April 1, 2009, the board of regents, the University of Tennessee, and the Tennessee
Independent Colleges and Universities Association shall provide a report to the Tennessee
higher education commission on the reasonable efforts their institutions have taken to attempt to
deter infringement of copyrighted works over the school's computer and network resources.
Thereafter, if" and substituting "If".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.