Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 0614 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-314, relative to education finance.

Last action — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 48% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Education - As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA, the local government, in the following fiscal year, to appropriate and allocate the unfunded portion to the LEA; specifies that the maintenance of local funding effort required for a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the local government failed to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA must be determined based on the amount budgeted to the LEA for the previous fiscal year instead of the amount actually appropriated or allocated to the LEA by the local government. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  2. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  3. Placed behind the budget

  4. Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/11/2026

  5. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  6. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

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

  8. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0280)

  9. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 5, PNV 2

  10. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  11. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  12. Placed behind the budget

  13. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  14. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  15. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  16. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  17. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025

  18. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  19. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025

  20. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  21. Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025

  22. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025

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

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

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

  26. Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  27. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025

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

  29. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025

  30. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  31. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  32. P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  33. Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  34. Filed for introduction

  35. Intro., P1C.

  36. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0614 do?
Education - As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA, the local government, in the following fiscal year, to appropriate and allocate the unfunded portion to the LEA; specifies that the maintenance of local funding effort required for a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the local government failed to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA must be determined based on the amount budgeted to the LEA for the previous fiscal year instead of the amount actually appropriated or allocated to the LEA by the local government. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314.
Who sponsors SB 0614?
SB 0614 is sponsored by Hensley, Joey (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0614?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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