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Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Tennessee HB 1856

School Transportation - As enacted, authorizes a school bus that is used exclusively to transport students from school to an after-school program to be used until the bus reaches the 20th year from the in-service date of the bus, or until the bus accumulates 300,000 miles of recorded travel, whichever occurs later; requires the owner of a bus that reaches the later of 20 years of service or 300,000 miles of recorded travel to, at the conclusion of the school year, discontinue use of, or replace, the bus; requires certain notice to, and inspections by, the commissioner for certain buses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Latest action(Apr 6, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 656

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State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 16, 2026
House		HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (1)failSet your home in Tennessee to see
Mar 10, 2026
House		HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (2)passSet your home in Tennessee to see
Mar 3, 2026
House		HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (3)passSet your home in Tennessee to see

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