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

SB 2599: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain school employees to conduct physical searches of students and searches of vehicles, containers, packages, lockers, or other enclosures used for storage by students or visitors in certain circumstances; narrows, from all threats of violence or significantly disruptive behavior at a public school that are reported to a state or local law enforcement agency to only those first determined by the LEA to be credible, the threats or behavior for which an LEA must notify parents and guardians within 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Passed one chamber Last action April 8, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Plain-language summary

SB 2599 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain school employees to conduct physical searches of students and searches of vehicles, containers, packages, lockers, or other enclosures used for storage by students or visitors in certain circumstances; narrows, from all threats of violence or significantly disruptive behavior at a public school that are reported to a state or local law enforcement agency to only those first determined by the LEA to be credible, the threats or behavior for which an LEA must notify parents and guardians within 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2026): Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican).