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SB2077 • 2026

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-113, relative to designees.

Education Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Watson, Moody
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
Transmitted to Governor for action.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how designees are chosen or their roles beyond being nonvoting members, which limits the explanation's completeness.

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Designees Act

This bill changes how chairs of the Senate and House education committees can appoint designees to serve on the TISA review committee.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes rules for who can appoint a designee to serve on behalf of the chair of the Senate or House education committee on the TISA review committee.
  • Allows these chairs to designate someone else as nonvoting members in their place.
  • Requires at least half of all voting members, including one or more designees, must be present for meetings but a quorum of voting members is needed for formal votes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Chairs of the Senate and House education committees
  • Members of the TISA review committee

Terms To Know

Designee
A person chosen to represent someone else in their absence.
TISA Review Committee
The committee that reviews the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify when the bill will become law.
  • Does not explain how designees are chosen or what their roles are beyond being nonvoting members.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1735

Plain English: The amendment changes how the TISA review committee is formed by specifying that members can be either the named officials or their designated representatives.

  • Removes the first and second sentences of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-113.
  • Establishes a new composition for the TISA review committee, allowing each member to be represented by a designee.
  • The amendment does not specify who can serve as a designee or what qualifications they must have.
Amendment 2-0 to HB1735

Plain English: The amendment changes how the TISA review committee is formed by specifying its members and their roles.

  • Removes the first two sentences of Tennessee Code Annotated Section 49-3-113.
  • Establishes a new composition for the TISA review committee, including specific designees from various state offices.
  • Specifies that designees serve as nonvoting members on the committee.
  • The exact roles and responsibilities of the committee members are not detailed in this amendment text.
Amendment 1-0 to SB2077

Plain English: The amendment changes how the review committee for Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) is formed by specifying that members can be represented by their designees.

  • Removes the first and second sentences of Section 49-3-113 of the Tennessee Code Annotated.
  • Establishes a new composition for the TISA review committee, allowing each member to be represented either personally or by a designated representative.
  • The amendment does not specify who can serve as designees, leaving that detail undefined.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  2. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  3. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  4. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  5. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 3 (Amendment 2 - HA0843)

  6. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/6/2026

  7. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 1

  8. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0843)

  9. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0639)

  10. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  11. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  12. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  13. 2026-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026

  14. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026

  15. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  16. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026

  17. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/24/2026

  18. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/17/2026

  19. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/17/2026

  20. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  21. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026

  22. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  23. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  24. 2026-03-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  25. 2026-03-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  26. 2026-03-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0539)

  27. 2026-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026

  28. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  29. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026

  30. 2026-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026

  31. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/3/2026

  32. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/17/2026

  33. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  34. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  35. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  36. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  37. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  38. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  39. 2026-01-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 2, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2077, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that the chair of the education committee of the senate and the chair of the education committee of the house of representatives can each assign a designee to serve on the review committee for the TISA in their place.

ON APRIL 2, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2077 FOR HOUSE BILL 1735, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2077, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #2 authorizes the chairs of the house and senate education committees to designate persons to serve in their places on the TISA review committee. This amendment authorizes designees to serve as nonvoting members of the committee. This amendme
nt authorizes the committee to convene a meeting with a majority of all members present, including one or more designees, but a quorum of all voting members of the committee is required to transact any business requiring a formal vote of the committee.

ON APRIL 6, 2026, SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #
2
.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1735
By Moody

SENATE BILL 2077
By Watson
SB2077
011091
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
49-3-113, relative to designees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-113, is amended by deleting the
first and second sentences of the section and substituting:
The state board shall establish a review committee for the TISA. The committee
must be composed of the executive director of the state board, or the executive
director's designee; the commissioner of education, or the commissioner's
designee; the commissioner of finance and administration, or the commissioner's
designee; the comptroller of the treasury, or the comptroller's designee; the
director of the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations,
or the director's designee; the chair of the education committee of the senate; the
chair of the education committee of the house of representatives; and the director
of the office of legislative budget analysis, or the director's designee.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.