Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)
Tennessee SB 1951
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.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Lowe (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Apr 6, 2026): Pub. Ch. 656
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2026 House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Mar 2, 2026 Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1) | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Feb 25, 2026 Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2026 Passed (2) | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
Actions
- Apr 6, 2026 · House
Pub. Ch. 656 - Apr 6, 2026 · House
Effective date(s) 04/13/2026 - Apr 1, 2026 · House
Returned by Governor without signature. - Mar 20, 2026 · House
Transmitted to Governor for action. - Mar 19, 2026 · House
Signed by H. Speaker - Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
Signed by Senate Speaker - Mar 17, 2026 · House
Enrolled and ready for signatures - Mar 16, 2026 · House
Subst. for comp. HB. - Mar 16, 2026 · House
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0647) - Mar 16, 2026 · House
Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 - Mar 5, 2026 · House
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0541) - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - Feb 27, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026 - Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/25/2026 - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026 - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026 - Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration - Jan 21, 2026 · House
Filed for introduction