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

SB 2660: Education - As introduced, amends the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property to apply only to a valid and credible threat; requires a local education agency's threat assessment procedures to include, when assessing a student based on dangerous or threatening behavior, a written assessment of the student by a mental healthcare provider, which may be performed via telehealth. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

In committee Last action March 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 2660 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As introduced, amends the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property to apply only to a valid and credible threat; requires a local education agency's threat assessment procedures to include, when assessing a student based on dangerous or threatening behavior, a written assessment of the student by a mental healthcare provider, which may be performed via telehealth. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic).