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

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.

In committee Last action April 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 656

Plain-language summary

HB 1856 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 656.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican).