Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)
Tennessee SB 494
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Bowling (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Apr 11, 2025): Sponsor(s) Added.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Apr 11, 2025 · House
Sponsor(s) Added. - Mar 12, 2025 · House
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee - Mar 5, 2025 · House
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/12/2025 - Mar 5, 2025 · House
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025 - Mar 3, 2025 · House
Sponsor(s) Added. - Feb 27, 2025 · House
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/5/2025 - Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee - Feb 10, 2025 · House
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration - Feb 6, 2025 · House
Sponsor(s) Added. - Jan 29, 2025 · House
Filed for introduction