2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0531: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to artificial intelligence.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how to access, utilize, and critically evaluate various artificial intelligence tools within the curriculum taught by the educator; requires the department of education to issue guidance on how to implement the required instruction; requires the department to provide a professional development program in artificial intelligence education for educators, subject to available funding. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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Bill History

1/29/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
P2C, ref. to Education Committee
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee
3/4/2025
3
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/29/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Draft
Bill Text1/30/20258.9 KB
Draft
Bill Text1/29/20258.9 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/1/2025144.6 KB