School Transportation - As enacted, requires a local education agency that installs cameras on the exterior of school buses for the purpose of recording images of motor vehicles that fail to stop upon approaching a school bus to either enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement that includes the review of evidence from a camera and overall enforcement, or authorize school safety personnel to review evidence from a camera to determine whether a violation has occurred. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-151.
HB 2356 amends Tennessee law to allow local school districts (LEAs) to authorize school security personnel - such as school safety officers or campus security staff - to review exterior bus camera footage when investigating illegal passes of stopped school buses. Currently, only law enforcement officers (POST-certified or state-commissioned) could review such evidence; this bill expands that authority to include trained school security staff. The change requires LEAs to maintain separate agreements with law enforcement for police review, but school security review can occur concurrently without restricting police involvement. This directly affects school districts and their security personnel by streamlining evidence review for bus safety violations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 4, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0584)
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/3/2026
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Howell
RRepublican
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