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

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.

Passed both chambers Last action April 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 656

Plain-language summary

SB 1951 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate 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: Adam Lowe (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Pub. Ch. 656.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Adam Lowe (Republican).