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

HB 1927: Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1927 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025. Primary sponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 655.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rush BrickenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse47

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 655
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Comp. SB subst.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
  6. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
  8. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
  9. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
  10. Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
  11. Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/3/2026
  12. Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/17/2026

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source